# brexit - Thursday 30 June, 2022
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
The Tánaiste said he believes the UK is not being “even handed” over the Northern Ireland Protocol.
# brexit - Wednesday 29 June, 2022
# Deja Vu
# Deja Vu
“You may not hear this often from a European Commissioner, but it is high time we got Brexit done.”
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The Fine Gael TD says the latest Tory moves in Westminster show a blatant disregard for the will of the people.
# brexit - Monday 27 June, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
MPs voted 295 to 221 to give the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill a second reading, clearing the way for more detailed scrutiny in the coming weeks.
# brexit - Sunday 26 June, 2022
# Democracy
# Democracy
Eurosceptic rhetoric has softened in the wake of Brexit but still allows questions of a less-than-perfect system.
# brexit - Thursday 23 June, 2022
# Not So United
# Not So United
The debate comes after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon began laying out the case for a second Scottish independence referendum.
# brexit - Tuesday 21 June, 2022
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
The scenario is a “step or two nearer” following the publication of UK legislation, the former Taoiseach said.
# brexit - Sunday 19 June, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
It comes as the UK tables legislation that aims to override significant parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
# brexit - Friday 17 June, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic said tabling the Bill was ‘very damaging’ to EU-UK relations.
# brexit - Tuesday 14 June, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
Expect Johnson to do what he’s always done – pick fights with the EU in a bid to keep power, former UK/EU negotiatior Sydney Nash writes.
# brexit - Monday 13 June, 2022
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The Bill would see customs checks between Northern Ireland and Britain effectively scrapped. It also proposes giving UK government ministers the power to change almost every aspect of the text. Ireland and the EU have made clear that such steps would amount to a breach of international law.
# The Protocol
# The Protocol
The Bill was published this evening.
# Rwanda Policy
# Rwanda Policy
The UK’s Court of Appeal judges rejected a legal bid to block the first flight due to relocate asylum seekers under a controversial new policy.
# All Together Now
# All Together Now
The letter represents a majority of MLAs in Stormont but no unionists signed it.
# brexit - Sunday 12 June, 2022
# UK
# UK
The immigration policy has come in for criticism from various groups.
# brexit - Thursday 9 June, 2022
# Cabinet
# Cabinet
Minister Simon Coveney has urged the UK Government to step back from its plan to publish domestic legislation.
# brexit - Wednesday 8 June, 2022
# Northern Ireland Protocol
# Northern Ireland Protocol
The legislation will be focused on products – except for live animals – which move within the UK’s internal market.
# Brexit
# Brexit
Brexit continues to complicate matters in Ireland. Can we overcome it?
# brexit - Friday 3 June, 2022
# Tobias Ellwood
# Tobias Ellwood
Tobias Ellwood claims there is an ‘appetite’ in Britain to make ‘course corrections’ to the current Brexit model.
# brexit - Monday 30 May, 2022
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The Mail on Sunday made the claim yesterday.
# brexit - Sunday 29 May, 2022
# Weighty Subject
# Weighty Subject
The Prime Minister reportedly wants to make an announcement on Friday to coincide with Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee celebrations.
# brexit - Friday 27 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The US Congressional group met business organisations as their last engagement on their trip to the island of Ireland.
# brexit - Thursday 26 May, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The poll also found that 48% support for Northern Ireland remaining part of the UK.
# brexit - Wednesday 25 May, 2022
# Swiss Teesh
# Swiss Teesh
Micheál Martin was speaking to Bloomberg TV at the World Economic Forum.
# Perfect Foyle
Neal angered unionists yesterday by saying that issues around the Protocol were 'manufactured'. Asked about his upcoming meeting with DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, Neal said they have known each other 'for a long time'. The nine-strong US delegation today visited the Derry Girls mural as well as the city's walls and Peace Bridge.
# brexit - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Brexit
Donaldson made the comments after Congressman Richard Neal described the Protocol impasse as 'manufactured'. Massachusetts Democrat Neal told reporters today it's 'up to London' to find a solution. Neal is leading a nine-strong US delegation on a fact-finding mission to Europe.
# brexit - Friday 20 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
In a strongly-worded intervention, Pelosi urged the UK and the EU to continue negotiations to uphold peace in Northern Ireland.
# brexit - Thursday 19 May, 2022
# The Fix
# The Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# Brexit
# Brexit
A no-deal Brexit would only affect a few Irish ‘farmers with turnips in the back of their trucks’, Truss allegedly said.
# brexit - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The UK is seeking to unilaterally change the Withdrawal Agreement.
Varadkar said the UK’s threats to disapply parts of the Protocol are creating an “atmosphere of distrust”.
# brexit - Tuesday 17 May, 2022
# Brexit
Liz Truss addressed the Commons this afternoon. "This is not about scrapping the Protocol," she told MPs. Truss said she would prefer to do a deal with the EU instead of passing legislation.
# Brexit
# Brexit
Liz Truss is expected to declare her intention to bring forward legislation which rips up parts of the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal.
# brexit - Sunday 15 May, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The Foreign Affairs Minister said Ireland is “frustrated” and “dealing with the consequences now of a decision by the British people on our own country”.
# brexit - Saturday 14 May, 2022
# Sinn Féin
# Sinn Féin
Nobody should be “spooked by the actions of the British government”, McDonald said.
# brexit - Friday 13 May, 2022
# Northern Ireland
The DUP leader is refusing to sit in Stormont until issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol are resolved. Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill said the party are "disgracefully holding the public to ransom for their Brexit mess". The UK Government has indicated that it is set to override parts of the post-Brexit agreement.
# brexit - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Northern Ireland
European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic earlier said the UK plans to scrap swathes of the Protocol are "unacceptable". Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed suggestions of any possible escalatory response from the EU as "crazy". DUP MP Sammy Wilson said his party has adopted a wait-and-see approach over what the UK Government will do about the Protocol.
# brexit - Wednesday 11 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
It is understood the British Cabinet minister is poised to take further action in the coming weeks if negotiations with the EU continue to stall.
# brexit - Tuesday 10 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The protocol effectively creates checks on goods flowing from Britain to Northern Ireland to allow an open border.
# brexit - Wednesday 4 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
Secretary of State Brandon Lewis said the Government is focusing on resolving issues with an agreement with the EU.
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