Northern Ireland

Starmer heads to Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales to reset ties 

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEU NewsEurope8 July 20248 July 2024

Starmer said he wants to transfer power from the bureaucratic halls of government in London to leaders who know what’s best for their communities…reports Asian Lite News Prime Minister Keir…

UK govt to appeal ruling over Northern Ireland amnesty law

by Newsdesk-Top NewsUK News8 March 20248 March 2024

Colton also ruled that the law also breached Article 3 of the ECHR, which prohibits torture and outlaws “inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”…reports Asian Lite News The UK said…

Sunak visits Northern Ireland after sealing ‘historic’ EU deal

by Newsdesk-Top NewsUK News1 March 20231 March 2023

The agreement, which will allow goods to flow freely to Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK, could end a dispute that has soured its relations with the bloc…reports…

King Charles intensifies UK-EU impasse on Northern Ireland tour

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEU NewsUK News14 September 202214 September 2022

Donaldson said he was hopeful that on-off talks with the EU over reform of the protocol would “progress”, it reported, without quoting sources…reports Asian Lite News King Charles III on…

Northern Ireland trade law clears parliamentary hurdle

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEuropeUK News28 June 202228 June 2022

“While a negotiated outcome remains our preference – the EU must accept changes to the Protocol itself,” Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Twitter after the vote…reports Asian Lite News…

Bill to override Northern Ireland deal back in Parliament

by Newsdesk-Top NewsUK News27 June 202227 June 2022

This creates a customs border down the Irish Sea, keeping Northern Ireland in the EU’s customs orbit so as to avoid a politically sensitive hard border between it and EU…

Britain calls for EU action on Northern Ireland

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEU News23 May 202223 May 2022

London is bidding to placate pro-UK unionists who are refusing to join a new power-sharing government in Belfast — led for the first time by pro-Irish nationalists — until the…

DUP shuts down Northern Ireland Assembly

by Newsdesk-Top NewsUK News16 May 202217 May 2022

Unless the DUP changes its mind, it could take up to six months before fresh elections would be held…reports Asian Lite News Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lived up…

DUP blocks restoration of government in Northern Ireland

by Newsdesk-Top NewsPoliticsUK News14 May 202214 May 2022

Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lived up to its threat and blocked the restoration of the power-sharing government, reports Asian Lite News In the Northern Ireland Assembly (Stormont) on…

Truss rejects EU proposals to resolve Northern Ireland trade dispute

by Newsdesk-Top NewsLondon NewsUK News12 May 202213 May 2022

The Times newspaper reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government could legislate to ditch checks on goods and tell businesses in Northern Ireland to disregard EU rules…reports Asian Lite News…