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A recent example of such an action was one brought by the Republic of Ireland against the United Kingdom in January 2024, challenging the UK’s enactment of Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, called the “Legacy Act” for violation of the ...

When we read about the political and legal matters facing the north, we regularly see the political parties being mentioned as well. The representatives speaking on behalf of their parties will state their party’s perspective on the issue, usually with an unequivocal voice. Beyond the immediate statements they make on the issues concerning the day, where do these political parties stand on issues that extend beyond the day? Where do they stand on Irish unification, the economy and Brexit, and the Legacy Act? To find out we need to review their party manifestos and positions.

The three candidates were all asked about their views on the presidency on RTE Radio, in the first series of broadcast interviews after the deadline for nominations closed at noon on Wednesday.

Confusion also arises as to when and how referendums would be called. The Agreement is clear that both Governments can call referendums in their respective jurisdictions at ANY time. In fact, the former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, David Trimble, who was part of the Agreement negotiations, called for the holding of a referendum in 2002 to coincide with the Assembly election. A second provision on the referendum is that a British Secretary of State MUST call a referendum “if at any time it appears likely to him that a majority of those voting would express a wish that Northern Irel

This week marks the anniversary of the reintroduction of internment without trial in the North of Ireland in 1971. Since the partition of Ireland in 1922, the British Unionist-controlled government in Stormont had interned Irish Republican prisoners in every decade up until the 1970s. My grandfather was interned in the 1940s, an uncle in the 1950’s and two uncles in the 1970s. As a family, we knew the cost of the internment.