A LucidTalk poll commissioned by the local Belfast Telegraph newspaper in November showed Sinn Fein’s rise in popularity. It suggested that DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) support has fallen again, contrary to the Sinn Féin, which is opening up an 8 percents lead over its rival. The nationalist party could, in the next Northern Ireland Assembly Election, […]
One year after the effective implementation of Brexit on 1 January 2021, London and Brussels are still arguing about the status of Northern Ireland. The province’s structurally fragile economy could be at risk. It has been one of the most burning issues in the post-Brexit negotiations. In 2019, after bitter discussions, Boris Johnson’s government ratified […]
The United Kingdom has never been so badly named. While the majority of British people voted to leave the European Union in the referendum held on Thursday, June 23, 2016, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU. In June 2016, 51.9 percent of Britons made the choice to leave the EU, triggering the Brexit process, […]
On January 30, 1972, in Derry, the British army fired on its citizens, opening fire on a peaceful march. This tragic day resulted in 14 dead, coldly executed. 50 years later, the massacre has forever marked the history of Northern Ireland. It is one of the darkest pages of the Northern Irish conflict. Fifty years […]
The idea of a merger of the leagues of Ireland and Northern Ireland is more than ever considered. If this project called All-Island League could allow the football of both countries to grow economically, its realization remains complicated because of the local liabilities, the shadow of the Troubles still hanging over the island. Merging the […]