Will Brexit ultimately result in a united federal Ireland in a confederation with Scotland, in the EU – with England and Wales outside it?
The European Union has taken a measured route between Vladimir Putin's Moscow and Dick Cheney's Washington in its combination of refusing to impose sanctions on Russia
Irelands success in brokering agreement on the European Unions constitutional treaty at the June 2004 summit in Brussels is an important achievement not only for the union as
Ireland has ratified the Nice Treaty by an emphatic margin of 63% to 37% in a second referendum on 19 October. Turnout, at 49%, was substantially up on the 35%
Harold Macmillan famously compared Britain’s influence on the United States to that of the Greeks on the Romans: a more ancient, wise but declining power would civilise the rougher
The Irish electorates rejection of the Nice Treaty in the 7 June referendum is a shock to Europe as much as to the Irish political establishment. The low turnout
