United Ireland would be welcomed into the EU according to EU representatives 

THE EU could be developing a plan to allow a united Ireland to join without barriers or delays according to the bloc’s representatives.

EU leaders are gearing up for an emergency summit in Brussels tomorrow (Saturday 29 April) where they will discuss a common negotiation approach to the Brexit talks and the UK’s position.

Activists hold building in hope of pushing the Irish government to address homeless crisis

ANTI-HOMELESS CAMPAIGNERS face eviction over their occupation of Apollo House, a property owned by the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) which holds the bad loans of companies affected by the property crash of 2008.

Members of the Home Sweet Home (HSH) group have taken over the building for a number of weeks demanding that Nama end homelessness across the city and wider Ireland.

Former Irish justice and defence minister warns that hard Brexit will undermine Irish-UK cooperation

ALAN SHATTER, the former justice, equality and defence minister of the Republic of Ireland (RoI) has said that imposing checks on everyone travelling from Northern Ireland to Britain would “undermine the union.”

He also stated that travelling between the republic and the north could not be restricted as it would violate the Common Travel Area (CTA) which has allowed ease of travel between the UK and RoI for decades.

EU comes out strong for Irish interest in speech by Brexit negotiator as UK Government ponder border problem

MICHEL BARNIER, the European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator, will today (Thursday 11 May) back the Irish in their concerns over a hard Brexit pursued by the Tory UK Government.

In an honour usually reserved for figures such as Nelson Mandela, Barnier will address the Dáil and Seanad (Irish Parliament) to offer assurances that the EU would back Ireland’s status in negotiations with the UK “100 per cent”.

With instability still being felt in Northern Ireland, people in the South fear hard Brexit will result in hard border

ALMOST HALF of voters in a new Irish survey say they expect there to be a hard border between the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland.

The poll of over 1,000 people, commissioned by Ireland’s polling company Red C, also showed stable support for the EU and for the united front against a hard negotiating position by the UK.

Councillor's criticisms echo those of esteemed historian Tom Devine

THE COUNCILLOR who proposed the plan for an Irish Famine memorial in Glasgow is threatening to quit the project after criticising the group advancing the scheme.

Feargal Dalton has said that the group responsible for developing the plan lacks ambition and has failed to embrace public enthusiasm.

Council is urged to engage more with public over memorial development

Scotland's top historian has said that Glasgow City Council is guilty of "amateurism" over its plans for a memorial to victims of the Irish famine in the city.

Professor Tom Devine said that the council had to show more transparency and look at the examples of other famine memorials around the world.

Author: "This is further evidence that modern Scotland, which claims to be one nation of many cultures, has abnormalised itself from its own Irish"

IRISH writers and commentators have challenged remarks made by a Labour and Tory MP who labelled notions of a St Patrick's Day march in Glasgow "divisive" and claimed Irish-Scots shouldn't be considered a minority in Scotland.

The remarks were reported after the release of a report on the Irish in Scotland this week, produced by a committee of members from the British/Irish Parliamentary Assembly.