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Thursday 29 October 2020
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said talks between the EU and UK are in a ‘very serious zone’.
British driving licences made invalid, a customs-check comeback, and what to do with the UK landbridge.
The key issues of contention remain fishing rights, the governance of any deal and the “level playing field” aimed at preventing unfair competition.
That’s according to Andrew McCormick, Stormont’s lead official on EU exit.
Despite British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s deadline of the EU summit, another round of talks are taking place this week.
Members of the UK’s House of Lords addressed an Oireachtas Committee about the Internal Market Bill.
The transition period in which to agree a trade deal between the EU and UK ends on 31 December.
The trade arrangements in place between Australia and the EU are nothing like a free-trade deal, writes Neale Richmond.
The latest impasse over Brexit comes with only 10 weeks left to secure a post-Brexit transition trade deal.
May asked senior Tory minister Michael Gove what the post-Brexit security plan for the UK was, and didn’t like the answer he gave.
The British government has launched a ‘time is running out’ campaign urging businesses to get ready for the end of the transition period on 31 December.
The Cabinet Office minister said EU officials will have to back down if chief negotiator Michel Barnier is to resume negotiations in London this week.
The Taoiseach has emphasised the importance of securing an agreement on fisheries if there was to be an overall trade deal.
Up to 1,700 lorries will be able to park at the new facility, which is under construction next to the M20 in Ashford.
EU leaders met today in Brussels for a two-day summit.
A draft deal hasn’t been created yet, with wide gaps remaining between the two sides on State aid and fisheries.
The government said the arrangement will ensure vital supplies continue to be delivered to the UK whatever the outcome of negotiations.
Johnson spoke to the French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday.
Johnson spoke with the French leader by phone today.
A comprehensive report analyses the policy decisions around the Internal Market Bill, and where it leaves Brexit trade talks.
The NDLS is expecting a surge in applications in the final weeks before the transition period ends on 31 December.
The Justice Minister said there will be ‘shock and surprise’ if the UK backs out of NI Protocol.
Intense talks are now set to take place in coming days in a bid to reach a deal.
Both sides agreed to renew their efforts to reach a compromise yesterday.
Yesterday, Ursula von der Leyen warned that time was running out.
Neale Richmond says businesses must be on guard and ready for what Brexit brings, regardless of what comes of the fractured political process.
The Bill threatens to overwrites parts of the Withdrawal Agreement, which the UK government admitted was a breach of international law.
Micheál Martin has said the government is preparing its latest Budget on the basis of a no-deal Brexit.
Brandon Lewis committed to a ‘slimmed-down Finance Bill’ later this year.
The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill will undergo further scrutiny in the House of Lords after clearing the Commons.
The EU can pursue and win a legal challenge, but isn’t talking that up because we don’t need “two loaded revolvers on the table,” Neale Richmond said.
Mulvaney, the former Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump, took up the role of Special Envoy in March.
It’s set to be a big week in Brussels, as the UK and the EU resume talks.
Clear Customs is an online training programme to support affected Irish companies.
An amendment this week means there will need to be a House of Commons vote before the powers are implemented.
Noelle O Connell says it’s easy for us to keep the focus on what’s happening across the Irish Sea, but if we look beyond, there is a huge body of support for Ireland in the face of Brexit.
Experts from the University of Oxford have issued the warning today.
A report from a think tank based on modelling from the London School of Economics paint a grim picture as far as the UK economy is concerned.
Due to Brexit, the centre will have to move from Reading in the UK.
Coveney has said the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has Ireland’s full support.
THE HSE IS today expected to outline that the contact tracing system is “back on track” after its capacity was surpassed due to a surge in Covid-19 cases earlier this month.
It is understood that Oireachtas Health Committee will be told that the contact tracing system’s capacity was surpassed when the number of Covid-19 cases sharply increased at the start of the month, but that it has gotten back on track since 23 October.
In July, the HSE launched its Covid-19 contact tracing app, which is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day.
So, today we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
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The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
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