Mr Harris, who became taoiseach on April 9, is expected to discuss developments in Northern Ireland since the restoration of its political institutions in February, as well as areas of common interest and potential opportunities for all-island co-operation. He will be formally greeted at Parliament Buildings by the Speaker of the Assembly Edwin Poots, before he has bilateral meetings with Alliance leader Naomi Long, UUP leader Doug Beattie and Colum Eastwood, leader of the SDLP. Mr Harris will...
“Every country is entitled to have its own migration policy, but I certainly don’t intend to allow anybody else’s migration policy to affect the integrity of our own one,” he said in Co Monaghan on Sunday
Last week, at the inquest into the Dublin tragedy, in which 48 people, including Derry teenager Susan Morgan, lost their lives on St. Valentine’s night in 1981, delivered verdicts of unlawful killing for all of the deaths. Speaking in the Dail on Tuesday, Mr Harris said: “Today we say formally and without any equivocation, we are sorry. We failed you when you needed us the most. From the very beginning, we should have stood with you, but instead we forced you to stand against us.” He also paid...
It follows recent Mr Harris’ recent comments that people of his generation were more familiar with Berlin and Paris than they were with places like Derry and Belfast. At the April Full Council meeting this week, Sinn Féin councillor Paul Boggs proposed that the council writes to Mr Harris, asking that he establish a citizens’ assembly on unity “as a matter of urgency”. “Young people on this island are leaving in droves to seek better opportunities elsewhere,” Councillor Boggs said. “And the...
A team of researchers in six countries, including the US and UK, found that people who are generally obese or tall with an 'apple' shape were at an increased risk of colorectal cancer.
Trifluoroacetic acid found in drinking water and rain is thought to damage fertility and child developmentRapidly rising levels of TFA, a class of “forever chemical” thought to damage fertility and child development, are being found in drinking water, blood and rain, causing alarm among experts.TFA, or trifluoroacetic acid, is a type of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS), a group of human-made chemicals used widely in consumer products that do not break down for thousands of years. Many...
UK PM points to Irish deputy PM’s claim that threat of being deported led people to cross border from Northern IrelandAn increase in asylum seekers heading to to Ireland proves that the Conservative party’s Rwanda plan is working, Rishi Sunak has claimed.In an interview with Sky News’ Trevor Phillips that will air on Sunday morning, the prime minister said the “deterrent is already having an impact because people are worried about coming here”. Continue reading
Adult U.S. TikTok users spend an average of 54 minutes on the app on any given day, more than Instagram, Snapchat or YouTube, according to research firm eMarketer. If TikTok were to disappear, those platforms - along with younger, smaller emerging rivals - would be scrambling for those valuable minutes of people’s attention.
‘It is to our great shame that State processes heaped misery upon tragedy for the Stardust families,’ said Harris.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were gifted the home by the late Queen Elizabeth II as a wedding present in 2018.
The poll was conducted between April 12 and 17, covering the first days of Harris’s time as leader.
Harry Gray has enjoyed a brilliant new breakthrough with a thriving winger shining once more in a fresh Leeds United under-18s rise. Rob Etherington’s young Whites are heading for the FA Youth Cup final later this month in which they will face Manchester City but the Leeds 18s are also enjoying a stellar run in the league. Fresh from four consecutive victories, United’s under-18s took on Derby County’s under-18s at Thorp Arch on Wednesday and romped to a 5-0 victory in which Archie Gray’s...