Rachel Lavin
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When is the time to trigger a Border poll? (opens the original)
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Every so often a politician will say that the time is right for a Border poll, triggering a flurry of debate, opposition and support. The pattern was repeated recently by British prime minister Andy Burnham, who rejected it saying: âThat is one issue that will be off the table,â and then US president Donald Trump saying it would be a âgreat thingâ. Yet British, Irish and American politicians of a different era anticipated this behaviour. Those who masterminded the 1998 Belfast Agreement
Irish unity tracker: the poll of polls (opens the original)
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How close are the polls to the majority required in support of Northern Ireland leaving the UK to trigger a Border poll? The 1998 Belfast Agreement, the landmark peace deal, stipulates that a Border poll â a vote on Irish unification â should be triggered if at any time it âappears likelyâ to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State that âa majority of those voting would express a wish that NI should cease to be part of the United Kingdom and form part of a united Irelandâ. Ultimately
Supporters urge Spanish PM to spurn US request for extradition of Palestine aid donor (opens the original)
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Scores of actors, musicians, academics, authors and campaigners have written to the Spanish government urging prime minister Pedro Sánchez to reject the Trump administrationâs request to extradite Fergie Chambers. Chambers, an American multimillionaire and pro-Palestine donor, had been living in Dublin for year before being arrested while holidaying in Ibiza on July 10th. According to his legal team, US authorities want Chambers extradited to face charges of money laundering, suggesting his f
After Belfast burned: What happened to immigrant families whose homes were attacked? (opens the original)
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On the evening of Tuesday June 9th, Michael was at home with his family when a brick came through the livingroom window, shattering the glass of their terraced home in east Belfast and just missing his three-year-old son. âMy child was standing in the livingroom,â says Michael, who asked for his name to be changed out of fear for his familyâs safety. âHe got nearly hit by a brick in the head.â The riots began a few hours earlier in response to an incident the night before â a Sudanes
Dozens of families left homeless after Northern Ireland race riots, data shows (opens the original)
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At least 88 families were forced out of their homes as a result of Northern Ireland race riots in June, either through burning or local intimidation, according to figures supplied by housing authorities. As of the beginning of September, fewer than half â 39 households â had been rehomed in temporary accommodation elsewhere by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE). Of the remaining 49, a spokesperson for the NIHE told The Irish Times it âdoes not have informationâ on how many did
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