Arvo McPart
@Seanaid1
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Interested in current affairs, politics, science, history and archaeology. Shamelessly plagiarising, re-cycling and sharing others' ideas - in a good cause.
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Joined September 2010
A reminder that our Northern Irish colleagues have Erasmus... If you think the Scottish, Welsh & English should have it too, sign here 👉
europeanmovement.co.uk
We call on the Government to open negotiations to re-enter the Erasmus+ programme, and for opposition political parties to pledge their support. Add your name and help us increase the pressure.
Today I’m delighted to announce funding to ensure students in Northern Ireland can access Erasmus+ This was a commitment made by the Irish Government to the people of Northern Ireland after Brexit and today's announcement of €2 million will ensure students can benefit from Sept.
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These new figures along with other recent @BelTel @LucidTalk polls would indicate that the criteria for calling a border poll has been met and will happen in this decade
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"There has been a substantial shift towards Irish Unity.... that has been driven by Brexit". @JonTonge - on his research of Alliance party members. #SundayPolitics | @MarkCarruthers7
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The Protocol was not foisted on anyone but was Boris Johnson’s proposal. When it came to a choice between no deal or a special deal for NI, Johnson was clear. (Not that his Brexit worked either). But for the avoidance of doubt or revisionism👇
Johnson's choice is explicit in the letter and paper he sent to the EU that led to the Protocol 👇👇. @DavidGHFrost has tried to rewrite history before, but the facts remain stubbornly in view. https://t.co/3Z9LmtSp8E
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As ever with Brexit, this is more complicated than it appears. 1/9
Food trade bodies consider legal action over post-Brexit ‘not for EU’ labelling | Food & drink industry | The Guardian
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Anyone who thought that UK constitutional law had moved beyond the era of statues being disapplied for conflict with EU law, and the whole Factortame issue was confined to legal history, was wrong. This week the High Court (NI) disapplied 10 sections of an Act passed last year …
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Farming: Celebration as Irish grass-fed beef gets all-Ireland EU status
bbc.co.uk
Andrew Muir travelled to Lifford for an event to mark Irish beef getting EU recognition on Friday.
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How the failures of Brexit feed Radical Brexitism. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. Truss, Braverman & Anderson illustrate how as Brexit continues to fail to deliver its promises a more radical Brexitism feeds off the politics of nostalgia & grievance:
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@SuzyJourno “If SF needs to throw border poll dates to the republican base, let’s not all get caught up in that game" (J. Donaldson) Is this from the DUP who cynically in their election 2022 manifesto mention the poll 5 times in the Introduction on page 4 in order to scare up some support?
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More cross-border collaboration as Irish government funds 50 medical student places in QUB. https://t.co/c9O0Xmq9RY
bbc.com
The first 25 places at QUB will be available for students from the island of Ireland from September.
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May @PresidentIRL fully recover as soon as possible. President Higgins taken to hospital after feeling unwell via @RTENews
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President Michael D Higgins taken to hospital after feeling unwell at Áras an Uachtaráin
independent.ie
President Michael D Higgins was taken to hospital on Thursday after complaining of feeling unwell.
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President Higgins taken to hospital after feeling unwell via @RTENews
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President Michael D Higgins has been taken to hospital for some tests, after he reported feeling unwell earlier today. The 82-year-old was checked out by a doctor at the Aras, but was taken to hospital as a precaution. It’s not yet known if he’ll be kept in overnight
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President Higgins last night presented the 2024 Volta Lifetime Achievement Award to film director Steve McQueen at the @DublinFilmFest
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Where to begin? How did the DUP buy into the idea that Article 2, the Protocol/WF provision on the non-diminution of rights, "does not apply to rights-based issues"? Sure, accuse the UK Govt of mis-selling, but probably best not to do so at the cost of your own credibility.
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More cross-border collaboration as Irish government funds 50 medical student places in QUB. https://t.co/c9O0Xmq9RY
bbc.com
The first 25 places at QUB will be available for students from the island of Ireland from September.
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Irish Govt to fund 50 additional medical student places at Queen’s University in Belfast. Co-funded by Dept of Further + Higher Education, Research, Innovation + Science + Dept of Health. Students will commit to applying to take up position in HSE as intern @rtenews
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