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Northern Ireland Protocol

October 15, 2021

The Northern Ireland Protocol aimed to avoid checks along the border between Republic of Ireland which comes under the EU and the Northern Ireland which comes under United Kingdom, after Brexit. However, since it came into force in the year early 2021, this protocol has sparked disagreements between the EU and the UK because it ..

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Ireland: 50 years of bloody Sunday

January 31, 2022

On 30 January 1972, the British soldiers killed a group of unarmed civilians. These civilians were protesting in the Bogside area of Derry. This incident is referred to as bloody Sunday. In 2022, the people of Northern Ireland marked fifty years of Bloody Sunday. What happened on Bloody Sunday? A group of innocent civilians protested ..

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What is Northern Ireland Protocol?

October 15, 2021

The Northern Ireland protocol was designed to prevent checks across the border between Northern Ireland (US) and the Republic of Ireland (EU), following Brexit. Highlights The Protocol came into force in the beginning of 2021. It has resulted into disagreements between the UK and EU as it disrupted trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ..

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Theresa May loses critical Brexit vote

March 29, 2019

Britain’s MPs have once again rejected the Brexit deal, presented by the Prime Minister Theresa May, thereby handing her a fresh defeat and thwarting her efforts to walk UK out of the European Union. In a fresh vote on Friday, the MPs voted 344 to 286 against the withdrawal agreement which was basically as stripped-down ..

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