With the British pound falling, there has never been a better time to shop online. The current exchange rate at the time of writing stands at roughly at £1 = €1.09. So how does this help your online shopping? While at a quick glance, not a lot. The prices in euro are still vastly higher…
Ellen Murray is a 23 year old trans woman from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is the founder and current chairperson of GenderJam NI, a trans youth charity, and she is the Youth Support Coordinator for SAIL, a trans family support organisation in the region. She specialises in healthcare and education advocacy, and is involved in…
At the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the United Kingdom Government will trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). The triggering of Article 50 begins the process of the UK leaving the European Union, and is scheduled to occur in March 2017. This starts a…
The greatest threat we face today is not any terrorist organisation, it’s not the impact of Brexit, it’s not the upcoming presidential election; the greatest threat we face is global warming. We’ve heard for years now from experts, researchers and scientists of how catastrophic the effects will be, and we’re already seeing some of them:…
I make the point of not doing your usual, run of the mill editorials, it’s simply not who I am. I was never one for talking about myself, what I did, what I’m doing and so forth, so those editorials always bored me, and I never really saw the point. That’s why I prefer to…
It has been only a few days since it turned out that the British voting populace are huge masochists who enjoy crushing the hopes and dreams of people under the age of 25, and already the country’s two mainstream political parties have imploded. This is unsurprising, because at the big EU houseparty that I like…
News of the result of the #Brexit referendum has rocked the world this morning; the United Kingdom has left the European Union, the value of the Pound sterling has plummeted to 30-year lows and, worst of all, Nigel Farage is smiling. Like a lot. The geographical breakdown of the votes in particular has caused massive…
A poll carried out by Red C on behalf of the European Movement Ireland has found that 4 out of 5 respondents believed that the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union. The same poll found the 81% of respondents believed that Ireland should remain a member of the EU regardless of…
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has been refused his request to sit with other European leaders during their lunchbreak in Brussels due to his stance on EU policy in the UK. Cameron, who will seek a referendum on whether or not Britain should remain within the EU before the end of 2017, is rumoured to…