# hard-border - Tuesday 29 December, 2020
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
Gibraltar imports all of its food.
# hard-border - Sunday 22 September, 2019
# Backstop
# Backstop
“The British have to tell us exactly the architectural nature of this border,” the European Commission president told Sky News, “I don’t like it, a hard border .”
# hard-border - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne said his officers could be placed in greater danger by a hard Brexit.
# hard-border - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Tánaise said Ireland will not be dealing with the UK on a one-to-one basis on border issues.
# hard-border - Monday 19 August, 2019
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is set to declare later that the UK is facing a Brexit ‘crisis’.
# hard-border - Thursday 4 April, 2019
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
Meanwhile, talks between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are continuing in London today.
# hard-border - Friday 29 March, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
The Irish Defence Forces is already on its knees and will be unable to patrol any border on this island, writes Tom Clonan.
# hard-border - Friday 22 March, 2019
# Third Time Lucky
# Third Time Lucky
Article 50 will be extended until 22 May – if the House of Commons votes in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement.
# hard-border - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
The British government has warned that a no-deal scenario would likely have a negative impact in terms of trade and crime.
# hard-border - Monday 18 February, 2019
# No Deal Brexit
# No Deal Brexit
A new report warns that a hard border could materialise after six weeks due to a no-deal Brexit.
# hard-border - Monday 11 February, 2019
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
Despite this, just 8% of businesses have engaged in formal planning to deal with the outcome of Brexit.
# hard-border - Sunday 10 February, 2019
# Very Hard Border
# Very Hard Border
He accused some politicians of “playing fast and loose” with the peace process in Northern Ireland.
# hard-border - Thursday 24 January, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
There is concern as the March deadline approaches that hundreds of gardaí will be transferred last-minute in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
# hard-border - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
# No Deal
# No Deal
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed was involved in a tense interview on Morning Ireland today.
# hard-border - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
# Tick Tock
# Tick Tock
An Irish government spokesperson said that it serves no purpose to speculate about the border in the event of a no-deal Brexit
# Bad News
# Bad News
A European Commission spokesman said today that it’s “pretty obvious” that a no-deal Brexit would lead to a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
# hard-border - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
Foster insisted it was “a bit of a nonsense, frankly, to talk about a hard border ”.
# hard-border - Monday 31 December, 2018
# Global Terrorism Index
# Global Terrorism Index
Tom Clonan looks at the latest risk assessments around Europe.
# hard-border - Friday 21 December, 2018
# Backstop
# Backstop
The Tánaiste said today it would be foolish to focus on any other solution to the border issue than the backstop.
# hard-border - Thursday 20 December, 2018
# Not Happening
# Not Happening
Questions have been raised about the level at which the Irish government is prepared for a no-deal Brexit.
# hard-border - Sunday 7 October, 2018
# Brexit
# Brexit
Pettigo is split by Northern Ireland’s border – and locals are uneasy about what Brexit could bring.
# hard-border - Sunday 30 September, 2018
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
We spoke to people from all walks of life to see how Brexit could affect Northern Ireland.
# hard-border - Monday 21 May, 2018
# Major Speech
# Major Speech
Responding to her speech in London, Sinn Féin accused Foster of producing the “same old arrogance”.
# hard-border - Sunday 15 April, 2018
# Read Me
# Read Me
Darach MacDonald’s book Hard Border traces the roots of a century-old, hotly contested border that, after Brexit, will be the only land frontier between the UK and the EU.
# hard-border - Friday 6 April, 2018
# Brexit
# Brexit
Many gardaí fear the border region is being neglected.
# hard-border - Monday 26 March, 2018
# Brexit
# Brexit
Simon Case is leaving his role to become Prince William’s private secretary.
# hard-border - Friday 16 March, 2018
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has its doubts about the UK government’s plans.
# hard-border - Thursday 8 March, 2018
# Brexit
# Brexit
The President of the European Council said disrupting the peace process in Northern Ireland “must be avoided at all costs”.
# hard-border - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
The British Foreign Secretary has written a letter to Theresa May about the border issue.
# hard-border - Saturday 10 February, 2018
# Devil In The Detail
# Devil In The Detail
All eyes are on the UK to divulge its solutions to solve the issue of the Irish border.
# Border Row
# Border Row
Michel Barnier said yesterday that a hard border would be inevitable if the UK leaves the single market and customs union.
# hard-border - Friday 8 December, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
There’ll be no hard border , but the long-term implications of the UK leaving the EU are still unclear.
# hard-border - Friday 1 December, 2017
# Negotiations
# Negotiations
The UK wants to progress negotiations to the next stage but the EU isn’t satisfied.
# hard-border - Sunday 26 November, 2017
# Brexit
# Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May has already ruled out staying in the single market and customs union.
# hard-border - Friday 24 November, 2017
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Elements of the current debate on a hard border between Ireland and Britain resemble a perfect storm in security and defence terms, writes Tom Clonan.
# hard-border - Saturday 11 November, 2017
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
Yesterday, an internal EU paper was published which suggested that it is essential for Northern Ireland to remain in the single market.
# hard-border - Friday 10 November, 2017
# Brexit
# Brexit
An internal EU paper has said there must be no divergence of rules on either side of the border.
# hard-border - Thursday 3 August, 2017
# Hard Border
# Hard Border
The former Taoiseach was critical of the DUP, saying that Foster and colleagues had only talked about Brexit in “platitudes”.
# hard-border - Monday 17 July, 2017
# Customs Union
# Customs Union
The minister’s comments come as the UK and the EU
# hard-border - Saturday 1 July, 2017
# Every Little Helps
# Every Little Helps
William Hanbury-Tenison walked the full length of the border counties earlier in the year.
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