Tag: EU Referendum

As 2017 begins, the Deputy Chair of the European Movement in Northern Ireland (EMNI), Ciarán Hanna, gives his personal thoughts on the eventful year that was, and what is possibly ahead for the EMNI in 2017.

The European Movement in Northern Ireland has welcomed the report by the House of Lords European Union Committee on Brexit: UK-Irish relations, which has concluded that the implications of Brexit for Ireland, North and South, are ‘profound’.

In a letter to the ‘Irish Times’ in August, the President of the European Movement in Northern Ireland (EMNI) Brian Garrett and long-standing member Dennis Kennedy argue that it is in the interests of Ireland and the UK, and of the rest of the EU, that the closest possible association between the UK and the EU

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The European Movement in Northern Ireland (EMNI) has welcomed the decision of Northern Ireland to Remain in the European Union, but expressed disappointment at the overall UK result.

In this opinion piece, EMNI member Dennis Kennedy offers his rebuttal at some of the claims presented by those advocating Leave ahead of the Referendum on 23rd June.

I am looking forward to 24 June, when I will no longer have to respond to alarmist rubbish such as that put forward by Alex Kane (6/6)!

Are you registered to vote in the Referendum on whether or not the UK (including Northern Ireland) remains as a member of the European Union or leaves the EU?

The European Movement Northern Ireland has been actively involved in making the factual case for Northern Ireland staying in the EU in the forthcoming Referendum on UK membership on 23rd June.

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee publishes its report into Northern Ireland and the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union. The report identifies the potential impact of a Brexit in key areas such as the economy, agriculture and the border with the Republic.