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Book review: The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process 'Through it all there is a golden thread, when pulled, that brings it all together. That golden thread is John Hume' Hugh Logue The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process by Giada Lagana (Palgrave Macmillan) The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process by Giada Lagana is published by Palgrave Macmillan THIS book fulfils a unique role in detailing the historic link between the achievement of the Irish peace process and the European Union. Giada Lagana analyses t...

Northern Ireland can win outside the EU post Brexit, Cabinet Office minister says Comment Updated: 28 Dec 2020, 9:43 WE HAD an early taster of the freedom we have regained outside the European Union earlier this month when we became the first country in the world – before the EU, before the United States – to license a COVID-19 vaccine. And as Northern Ireland readers may remember from coverage of this historic global moment, the first person to benefit was 90-year-old Margaret Keenan. 2 2 Enniskillen woman Margaret Keenan, 90, was the first UK patient to receive the Covid-19 vaccineCred...

Northern Ireland to get extra £200m in peace funding post-Brexit By John Campbell Published image copyrightPAcemaker image captionLondonderry's Peace Bridge is one of the major projects in Northern Ireland that EU funding helped to build Northern Ireland will receive an additional £200m to continue funding peace and cross-border projects after Brexit, the government has announced. The money will be made available from 2021 until 2027. It is for a scheme known as Peace Plus, a successor to programmes which have run since 1995 in NI and the border counties in the Republic of Ireland. Secreta...

Brexit trade deal agreed between EU and UK after intense talks Negotiations went down to the wire to find an agreement on controversial issue of fishing Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 08:15 Updated: Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 17:49 Naomi O’Leary and Denis Staunton EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said "it is time to leave Brexit behind" after a deal was reached between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Video: EU Commission European Commission president Ursula...