Former Irish ambassador to Canada Dr Ray Bassett argues that Ireland is getting little thanks from the EU for supporting its weaponization of the NI border. The EU’s latest proposals for a minimum rate of corporation tax and EU militarisation […]
It is vital for the Good Friday Agreement that British-Irish bilateral relations are mended, writes former Irish Ambassador and GFA negotiator Dr Ray Bassett. Reform of the NI Protocol, to the benefit of all parties involved, is the first place […]
Former Irish ambassador Dr Ray Bassett gives an insider’s account of how the Irish political establishment badly misjudged the 2016 Brexit referendum. How did they get it so wrong? There has been a huge loss of institutional memory in […]
Former Irish ambassador Dr Ray Bassett explains how the country’s Establishment is overrun with a pro-EU groupthink. The Irish people have been subject to unremitting pro-EU propaganda for decades, but the myth that the country’s prosperity depends on EU membership […]
The Republic of Ireland finally has a new government following February’s indecisive election result. Former Irish ambassador Dr Ray Bassett looks at the consequences for Brexit and for Ireland’s relations with the EU. The formation of a new Irish […]
The success of Sinn Féin in the Irish general election took everyone by surprise, including Sinn Féin itself. Dr Ray Bassett, a former ambassador in the Irish diplomatic service who helped negotiate the Good Friday Agreement as part of the […]
