Category: Brexit

Will the Catholic countries of eastern Europe have their own “Brexit”?

by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Brexit, EU, Europe, Hungary, News, Viktor Orbán | 0 |

Europe is facing a major split, with the more nationalist, conservative and largely Catholic central and eastern EU states increasingly going their own way, against a more liberal, progressive and secular western Europe. The fact this division is continuing despite the ongoing war in Ukraine suggests this unhappy marriage between two competing views of Europe

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Bus set on fire in Northern Ireland amid post Brexit tension

by bcadmin | Nov 8, 2021 | Associated Press, Brexit, Church in UK and Ireland, European union, Ireland, News, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | 0 |

A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Northern Ireland, amid discontent over the trade deal struck as part of the U.K.’s departure from the European Union.

Poland leader: Idea of ‘Polexit’ is ‘fake news’

by bcadmin | Oct 12, 2021 | Associated Press, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, European union, News, Poland, Polish bishops | 0 |

The head of Poland’s influential Catholic bishops’ conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, told Vatican Radio in Rome that “we all want to stay in Europe” and that “no reasonable person wants to leave it.”

Unionist leader says Brexit deal could sink N Ireland govt

by bcadmin | Sep 9, 2021 | Associated Press, Brexit, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party heightened post-Brexit political tensions on Thursday, saying the U.K.’s divorce deal with the European Union could collapse the Belfast government and trigger a new era of violence and instability.

Britain calls EU view of N Ireland offensive in Brexit spat

by bcadmin | Jun 14, 2021 | Associated Press, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, European union, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | 0 |

Britain accused European Union leaders on Sunday of holding the “offensive” view that Northern Ireland is not fully part of the United Kingdom, as Brexit cast a shadow over the Group of Seven summit.

Paul Givan to become Northern Ireland’s new leader

by bcadmin | Jun 8, 2021 | Associated Press, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, United Kingdom | 0 |

Lawmaker Paul Givan is to become the new first minister of Northern Ireland, replacing Arlene Foster, who had been in post since 2015 and through the Brexit dramas of the past few years.

N Ireland leader quits after party revolt over Brexit impact

by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2021 | Associated Press, Brexit, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | 0 |

The leader of Northern Ireland announced her resignation on Wednesday after party members mounted a push to oust her over her handling of the fallout from Brexit and other issues.

EU, UK set meeting over Northern Ireland trade rules

by bcadmin | Apr 14, 2021 | Associated Press, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, European union, Great Britain, Ireland, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic and the United Kingdom Brexit minister David Frost will hold talks Thursday in Brussels to discuss Northern Ireland trade rules, the EU said on Wednesday.

Irish Christian leaders call on UK, Ireland to work together on root causes of N Ireland violence

by bcadmin | Apr 13, 2021 | Archbishop Eamon Martin, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, Ireland, lead, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Republic of Ireland, the troubles, Troubles, United Kingdom | 0 |

Religious leaders in Ireland are calling on Irish, British, and Northern Irish politicians to renew their “commitment to peace, reconciliation and the protection of the most vulnerable” in the face of ongoing violence in Northern Ireland.

Belfast bishop urges politicians to avoid inciting more violence

by bcadmin | Apr 10, 2021 | belfast, Bishop Noel Treanor, Brexit, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, Diocese of Down and Connor, DUP, Great Britain, Ireland, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

The Catholic bishop of Belfast urged politicians to be more careful about their language as the city was engulfed in nightly violence.

What is behind the latest unrest in Northern Ireland?

by bcadmin | Apr 10, 2021 | Associated Press, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Great Britain, Ireland, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

Young people have hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and set hijacked cars and a bus on fire during a week of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland. Police responded with rubber bullets and water cannons.

Rioters ignore pleas for calm as violence flares in Belfast

by bcadmin | Apr 9, 2021 | Associated Press, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, DUP, Great Britain, News, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly, Sinn Fein, United Kingdom | 0 |

Gangs of youths threw stones and fireworks at police in Belfast who hit back with water cannons as violence flared again on the streets of Northern Ireland.