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Can Sinn Fein tell us if the EU protects workers rights or not?

Kilsally on May 8, 2017, 7:30 am

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On May Day Sinn Fein were pontificating on workers rights along side their anti Brexit rhetoric,it is worth remembering: In the book Identity in Northern Ireland: Communities, Politics and Change by Cathal McCall, my own MP for Mid Ulster, Francie Molloy, states “We wouldn’t be happy with.. a United States of Europe..Irish identity would be lost” and that “a fully integrated EU would be to the detriment of vital resources of the Irish identity (Mitchell McGlaughlin discounts a fully integrated EU in …

#Irexit: it’s make your mind up time for the Irish Republic.

thedissenter on March 9, 2017, 10:11 am

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Jeff Peel has already made the case for welcoming the opportunities that Brexit offers Northern Ireland business. Down South, the mood has changed from believing Brexit would never happen, seeing it happen, to a realization of the change that brings to the Republic’s economic outlook. It needs to decide on its best options going forward, and soon. Nothing new, but there have been hugely irresponsible noises coming out of Dublin to the effect that Brexit means a return to violence …