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Kate Hoey Retains Her Eu Citizenship
Arch hard brexiteer will retain her EU citizenship in a compromise deal on the Irish Border issue. Everyone born in NI will still be a EU citizen after brexit.
NI voted overwhelming to remain, so that probably pleases most northern Irish.
Perhaps anyone who voted remain should have the option of keeping their EU passport - Scotland, London etc ?
NI voted overwhelming to remain, so that probably pleases most northern Irish.
Perhaps anyone who voted remain should have the option of keeping their EU passport - Scotland, London etc ?
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Naomi....you are hard work sometimes !
Ireland remained neutral during World War II, a period it described as the Emergency. Ireland's link with the Commonwealth was terminated with the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, which came into force on 18 April 1949 and declared that the state was a republic. At the time, a declaration of a republic terminated Commonwealth membership. This rule was changed 10 days after Ireland declared itself a republic, with the London Declaration of 28 April 1949. Ireland did not reapply when the rules were altered to permit republics to join. Later, the Crown of Ireland Act was repealed in Ireland by the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962.
Ireland remained neutral during World War II, a period it described as the Emergency. Ireland's link with the Commonwealth was terminated with the passage of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, which came into force on 18 April 1949 and declared that the state was a republic. At the time, a declaration of a republic terminated Commonwealth membership. This rule was changed 10 days after Ireland declared itself a republic, with the London Declaration of 28 April 1949. Ireland did not reapply when the rules were altered to permit republics to join. Later, the Crown of Ireland Act was repealed in Ireland by the Statute Law Revision (Pre-Union Irish Statutes) Act, 1962.
Togo....yes indeed.....including the 4,987 recorded members of the Irish Defence Forces. But they fought for Britain, not Ireland.
They were treated appallingly by the Irish Government when the war was over, until an ""apology and pardon" was grudgingly forced out of the Dáil, in 2013.
Eire may have thought that had Germany won WW2, then the Nazis would have stayed north of the Border, and left Eire unmolested, but as far as I am concerned, that was just a pipe dream.
Not Eire's finest hour, by any means.
They were treated appallingly by the Irish Government when the war was over, until an ""apology and pardon" was grudgingly forced out of the Dáil, in 2013.
Eire may have thought that had Germany won WW2, then the Nazis would have stayed north of the Border, and left Eire unmolested, but as far as I am concerned, that was just a pipe dream.
Not Eire's finest hour, by any means.
//An estimated 60,000 men from what was then the Irish Free State – now the Republic of Ireland – served in the British Army, Royal Navy or RAF between 1939 and 1945. //
Of those men were the one in six of the 42,000 members of the Irish armed forces who deserted and joined the British in fighting the Nazis.
//While many returned to their posts or were apprehended, almost 5,000 were found guilty in their absence by courts martial of going absent without leave or simply dismissed.
After the war, under an emergency act dubbed the “starvation order”, their names were added to a formal blacklist by the government of Éamon de Valera, barring them from employment, refusing them military pensions.
Many were ostracised in their local communities and suffered other forms of discrimination when they returned to Ireland. //
Of those men were the one in six of the 42,000 members of the Irish armed forces who deserted and joined the British in fighting the Nazis.
//While many returned to their posts or were apprehended, almost 5,000 were found guilty in their absence by courts martial of going absent without leave or simply dismissed.
After the war, under an emergency act dubbed the “starvation order”, their names were added to a formal blacklist by the government of Éamon de Valera, barring them from employment, refusing them military pensions.
Many were ostracised in their local communities and suffered other forms of discrimination when they returned to Ireland. //
That is how "neutral" Eire was. Pretty sure that Winston told de Valera that if one U Boat was allowed to dock or sail from an Irish port then Britain would take military action. This was after the revelation that "talks" had taken place between Berlin and Dublin to facilitate just such a thing. By "neutral" you mean neutered.
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