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Fergus Finlay
SFergus Finlay: The most powerful Corkman in Britain has his first big challenge
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STerry Prone: Well-off people get showered with freebies they could well afford
SeamasOReilly
SĂ©amas O'Reilly: Keir Starmer's austerity is a betrayal of ordinary British people's hopes
Taoiseach Simon Harris visit to UK
Irish Examiner view: Anglo-Irish relationship reset is very welcome
It is reassuring to know that the UK’s new leader seems genuinely committed to building relationships and fostering trust with Ireland and Europe

Fri, 19 Jul, 2024

Taoiseach Simon Harris visit to UK
Harris and Starmer toast to an 'important reset of relations' between Ireland and UK 
Keir Starmer has work to do in rebuilding the UK's relationships with its continental neighbours, but his tone this week has hit the right notes

Thu, 18 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Simon Harris and Keir Starmer meet today in effort to ‘reset’ British-Irish relations
Both now see an opportunity to strengthen relations between Ireland and Britain following years of rancour during Brexit negotiations

Wed, 17 Jul, 2024

Keir Starmer's tour of the UK
Vaughan Gething resigns as first minister of Wales
It comes as four Welsh ministers quit government in protest against his leadership, telling him they cannot get on with the job “without you standing down”

Tue, 16 Jul, 2024

BRITAIN-NIRELAND-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT
Suzanne Harrington: Starmer brings glimmers of hope, but time will tell
I've seen nine prime ministers while living in Britain, Starmer is the tenth to move into Number 10

Sun, 14 Jul, 2024

Sarah Harte: Standing by your man is no longer the first duty of a wife in politics
Sarah Harte: Standing by your man is no longer the first duty of a wife in politics
It’s a tough station, being a political wife, because it seems to be a delicate balance of stepping up but only in a narrowly prescribed way and staying in your old-fashioned lane

Wed, 10 Jul, 2024

Keir Starmer's tour of the UK
Irish Examiner View: Labour start as they mean to go on
Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, has moved fast in his attempts to reset relations within Britain, with Ireland, and with the rest of Europe.

Tue, 09 Jul, 2024

Keir Starmer's tour of the UK
Keir Starmer meets Michelle O’Neill in first Northern Ireland trip as prime minister 
The British prime minister is visiting Belfast following his trip to Scotland on Sunday, and will also visit Wales to round off a visit to the three devolved nations

Mon, 08 Jul, 2024

Keir Starmer visit to Dublin and Belfast
Britain is ready to renew its 'profound’ partnership with Ireland
British ambassador Paul Johnston writes that Keir Starmer’s appointment as prime minister ushers in a new era for Britain — not least in terms of its relationship with Ireland

Mon, 08 Jul, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer's tour of the UK
Keir Starmer: Work is under way to improve UK’s ‘botched’ Brexit deal
The British Prime Minister said he wanted better trading and security relationships with Brussels as he vowed to rip up the “botched” deal struck by Boris Johnson

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Irish citizenship
Next generation will not forgive failure to reset Anglo-Irish relations – Harris
Mr Harris acknowledged that there had been “clear policy differences and difficulties and challenges” between the UK and Ireland in the years since Brexit

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Northern Ireland Troubles
Ireland will not immediately drop case against UK over Legacy Act – Taoiseach
The Taoiseach said he wanted to work with Keir Starmer over developing an approach to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles that was victim-centred

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Mick Clifford: How populism takes flight
S Mick Clifford: How populism takes flight
The divide between what might be described as a typical worker and those at the upper echelons of the corporate world has been widening over the last 20 years

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

Social Democrat leaders stand down
S Elaine Loughlin: Political winds of change are certain to blow through the DĂĄil
Elections have already produced seismic shifts elsewhere in 2024 and in a world of uncertainly, one thing Ireland can be sure of is that the next DĂĄil will be utterly different to this one, with almost 30 TDs departing

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Irish Examiner view: When the numbers don’t lie
Since 2005, the exit poll has predicted the number of parliamentary seats of the winning party to within an average of four

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Labour's landslide win sparks hope in repairing Ango-Irish relations
Taoiseach Simon Harris called Keir Starmer's party's recent 174-seat majority win in the British general election a "great reset" in relations

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

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Paul Hosford: Taoiseach's hope for Anglo-Irish relationship to be put to the test
The shape of the neighbourly relationship has been scarred for the best part of a decade by not just Britain’s vote to leave the EU, but by a stream of indifference or hostility, writes Paul Hosford

Sat, 06 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Taoiseach will visit new British prime minister Keir Starmer this month
Simon Harris and Mr Starmer spoke on Friday when they discussed Northern Ireland and the restoration of the Good Friday Agreement institutions as well as legacy issues

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Hilary Benn named as UK government's new Northern Ireland secretary
The Leeds MP was also vocal in urging the powersharing institutions to be revived during the three-year hiatus

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
UK prime minister Keir Starmer names his cabinet after vowing to rebuild trust in politics
Rachel Reeves was confirmed as Britain’s first woman chancellor, Angela Rayner will be deputy prime minister

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
DUP calls for unionist cohesion after North Antrim and Lagan Valley defeats
Mr Robinson dismissed suggestions that the election result strengthened the argument towards Irish unity

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: SĂ©amas O’Reilly on Keir Starmer —  what will change?
The Mick Clifford Podcast: SĂ©amas O’Reilly on Keir Starmer —  what will change?
The has delivered a hammer blow to the Tories after 14 years in power.

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General Election 2024
'It was essential to get rid of this government': Irish in London celebrate new Labour dawn
While no one the Irish Examiner spoke to on Thursday night was under any illusions about the mammoth task facing Keir Starmer, nothing could dim the party mood, writes Sean Murray

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

Morgan McSweeney, Campaign Director at The Labour Party, UK - 08 Jan 2023
From West Cork to Westminster: Meet the Macroom man who is Labour's election guru
Morgan McSweeney 'is a guy that grew up in the Republic [of Ireland] but has an intuitive sense of what ordinary British voters feel'

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
'We will rebuild Britain': Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister
Mr Starmer became Prime Minister after meeting Britain's King Charles at Buckingham Palace following the resignation of Mr Sunak.

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Watch: Rishi Sunak announces resignation as Conservative Party leader
Sunak announced that his resignation is not immediate and he will formally step down once a new party leader is chosen

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election campaign 2024
Labour government brings few hopes to cautious London
In the last election in 2019, Starmer's predecessor Jeremy Corbyn set out a radical manifesto to increase public investment by raising taxes on companies and top earners, resulting in Labour's worst result since the 1930s

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

Prime Minister's Questions
'I have heard your anger': Rishi Sunak resigns as Tory Party leader
Mr Sunak went to Buckingham Palace to meet with Britain's King Charles to officially ask for a dissolution of the Tory government.

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

Simon Harris TD Taoiseach
Taoiseach hopes for 'great reset' in British-Irish relations with Labour government
The election of a Labour government in the UK now provides an opportunity for "a great reset" in relations, the Taoiseach has said.

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Night of shocks for DUP as Ian Paisley loses family hold on North Antrim
The DUP has suffered a bruising set of election results in Northern Ireland with the party suffering a seismic shock when Ian Paisley lost his seat in North Antrim.

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

Popular Conservatism movement launch
Former prime minister Liz Truss loses seat to Labour in punishing election
Former British prime minister Liz Truss has lost her seat to Labour in one of the biggest shocks of election night. Terry Jermy has become the MP for South West Norfolk with 11,847 votes after ousting the Conservative who spent 44 days in the top job.

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
'Seismic' shock as Ian Paisley Jr loses seat and Sinn FĂ©in becomes largest NI party
The DUP has suffered a bruising set of election results in Northern Ireland with the party suffering a seismic shock when Ian Paisley Jr lost his seat

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Keir Starmer hails ‘sunlight of hope’ as Britain wakes up to Labour landslide
A record number of cabinet ministers set to lose their seats with big names such as Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps ousted

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg lose seats to Labour in Tory bloodbath
Defeated Tories turn ire on party as Alex Chalk and Gillian Keegan also among list of ousted ministers

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

Active travel funding
Irish Examiner view: Budget date may signal an early election
The posters have barely been put away after the local and European elections but we could see them again quite soon

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Infographic: Follow as seats are filled in the UK election
By the early hours of Friday July 5, the vast majority of constituencies will have declared

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Nigel Farage’s Reform set to win 13 seats in UK general election
The party, which was only formed in 2018, currently only has one MP, Lee Anderson, who defected from the Conservatives

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Worst-ever result expected for Tories after exit poll
The Tories, who have been in power since 2010, are set to be banished to the opposition benches of the House of Common

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election
The exit poll suggests Labour is on course for 410 seats, with the Tories reduced to 131

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Britons vote in election expected to deliver Labour landslide
Voting ends at 10pm when an exit poll will give the first indication of the outcome

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

General Election 2024
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer cast their ballots in UK's high-stakes general election
Opinion polls suggest Labour is on course to secure a big majority in the House of Commons and form a new government

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

Local government elections
British general election voting underway with Labour expected to secure big majority
An exit poll, published shortly after 10pm on Thursday, will provide the first indication of how the election has gone on a national level

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

Environmental policies
'I don't think people believe the Tories anymore': Irish in Britain give their verdicts ahead of election
Irish people are entitled to vote in British elections, unlike other European passport holders

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

General Election campaign 2024
Starmer says he does not see the UK rejoining the EU in his lifetime
He said he has been “clear” that he believes the UK can get a better Brexit deal, but added there would be no return to freedom of movement

Wed, 03 Jul, 2024

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