‘Negligible demand, great risk: Labour shouldn’t stand in Northern Ireland’
Once every parliamentary term, the Labour Party reviews its long-standing policy not to stand candidates in Northern Ireland.…
Labour Party Irish Society
Labour Party Irish Society nominates Starmer and Murray for leadership
The Labour Party Irish Society has chosen to nominate Keir Starmer and Ian Murray for Labour’s leadership roles.…
Brexit must not be allowed to threaten the Good Friday Agreement
Owen Smith, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, has commented on his forthcoming speech at next Tuesday’s conference fringe…
The human cost of peace in Northern Ireland has been too painful for it to be just an afterthought to a hard Brexit
“Do I have to call you ‘father’?” asked the IRA man. “Bloody hell, no!” laughed the Muslim cleric,…
Labour forged the Good Friday Agreement – now it has a duty to defend it amid Brexit
It has been some two decades since a Labour government in Westminster, in partnership with Dublin, the SDLP…
Row beckons as Labour Party in Northern Ireland push to stand Stormont candidates
A row is brewing over how the Labour Party organises in Northern Ireland, after a motion was passed…
Labour Irish Society – celebrating progress and hope
Gerry Conlon’s recent passing is a sobering reminder of a time when relations between Britain and Ireland were…
