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The Foreign Desk - The future of Ireland
1 April 2017
The UK and Ireland have a long and bloody past but since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 the countries have remained mostly at peace. But since Britain’s exit from the EU, the relationship between the Republic of Ireland…
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The Foreign Desk - A new Ireland?
15 February 2020
Last Saturday’s general election in the Republic of Ireland ended a solid, century-old political duopoly. Sinn Fein, the party best known as the political wing of the IRA, won more votes than Fianna Fail or Fine Gael. How…
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The Briefing, episode 459
6 August 2013
An update on Syria, we look into the diplomatic row between Spain and the UK over the British territory of Gibraltar, and ask why pubs in the Republic of Ireland are facing an increasingly uncertain future.
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The Briefing - Tuesday 10 October
10 October 2017
Why does the debate about Catalan independence matter so much to France and Germany? We also discuss Russia’s claim that the US is pretending to fight Isis militants in Iraq and why Che Guevara’s legacy is causing contro…
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The Briefing - Wednesday 16 August
16 August 2017
We ask whether there will be border posts between Northern Ireland and the Republic following Brexit and why the American Civil War still causes so much angst 150 years on. Plus: have the world’s most popular songs become…
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The Foreign Desk - The United Kingdom: United no more?
5 December 2020
After Brexit, coronavirus and other shocks, how long can the United Kingdom hold together? Is momentum for Scottish independence accelerating? Where is Wales heading? Might Northern Ireland want to join the Republic of…