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The Irish question and British politics, 1868–1986 (Macmillan International Higher Education, 1988). Cauvet, Philippe. "‘It’s not just the economy, stupid!’ Brexit, the Good Friday Agreement and the Irish border conundrum." Observatoire de la société britannique 24 (2019): 105-118. online in English; Doyle, John, and Eileen Connolly.
The Liberals and Ireland: the Ulster question in British politics to 1914 (Harvester Press, 1980). Kee, Robert. The Green Flag, (Penguin, 1972) popular history of Irish nationalism; Hammond, J. L. Gladstone and the Irish nation (1938) online edition. Loughlin, J. Gladstone, home rule and the Ulster question, 1882–1893 (1986). online
In November 2022, British prime minister Rishi Sunak and Tánaiste Micheál Martin met in Blackpool at the British-Irish Council summit. [28] Sunak said he was confident a breakthrough in negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol were possible. [29] The December 2022 deadline passed without any resolution. The deadline was extended to 19 ...
The British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA, Irish: Tionól Pharlaiminteach na Breataine agus na hÉireann) is a deliberative body consisting of members elected to those national legislative bodies found within Ireland and the United Kingdom, namely the parliaments of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the British crown dependencies. [1]
Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union.While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Ireland, it is a largely ceremonial position, with real political power being vested in the Taoiseach, who is nominated by the Dáil and is the head of the government.
The St Andrews Agreement (Irish: Comhaontú Chill Rímhinn; Ulster Scots: St Andra's 'Greement, St Andrew's Greeance [1] or St Andrae's Greeance [2]) is an agreement between the British and Irish governments and Northern Ireland's political parties in relation to the devolution of power in the region.
The United Irishmen Rebellion of 1798 (which sought to end British rule in Ireland) failed, and the 1800 Act of Union merged the Kingdom of Ireland into a combined United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. [4] In the mid-19th century, the Great Famine (1845–1852) resulted in the death or emigration of over two million people. At the time ...
Some political commentators expressed their surprise at Smith's dismissal, given his perceived success. It was suggested that Smith's testimony to the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee in October 2019, in which he described a potential no-deal Brexit as being "a very, very bad idea for Northern Ireland", [ 27 ] had influenced the ...