For a brief moment in history, Ireland was more powerful than Britain this week

For one week in 2017, Ireland was more powerful than its dominant neighbor Britain. On Monday, British Prime Minister Theresa May had to return from Brussels without the crucial Brexit deal needed to negotiate the country's future relations with the European Union. The sudden difficulties that emerged in Brussels were mainly rooted in Irish history, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/12/08/for-a-brief-moment-in-history-ireland-was-more-powerful-than-britain-this-week/