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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Yesterday, Ursula von der Leyen warned that time was running out.
The government says the bill is intended to ensure Northern Ireland can trade freely with Britain.
Officials from the EU and UK sides will enter into detailed haggling today and tomorrow.
The Test would be a 14-a-side match on December 5 in Australia.
The two parties will meet again next week after today’s discussions failed to produce a decision.
European Council chief Charles Michel said the EU would not be pressured into buying a “pig in a poke”.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
The 24-year-old’s Leinster deal is set to expire this summer.
The truce offers Chinese President Xi Jinping breathing space as he faces a slowing economy and political trouble in Hong Kong.
A round table meeting involving all five of the main Stormont parties took place today.
Juncker said he had a “rather positive” meeting with Johnson in Luxembourg on Monday.
The Spaniard could become the highest-paid goalkeeper in the world if he pens a new contract at Old Trafford.
Washington has committed not to impose any new tariffs on Beijing’s exports.
The 33-year-old fullback’s current contract is due to expire after this year’s World Cup.
The 33-year-old fullback says ‘the fire is burning to do it here in Leinster and Ireland.’
Uncertainty for Ander Herrera as he approaches the end of his current contract at Manchester United.
The negotiations come after nurses went on general strike for a number of days last month.
A formal hearing will take place at 3.30pm.
Both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have announced their negotiating teams for the upcoming renewal talks.
Technical discussions will resume in Brussels over Brexit this week.
Such a deal could include “an ambitious free trade agreement”.
The 26-year-old is reportedly on the verge of completing a move to the Premier League champions this summer.
It was a big week, Brexit wise.
The British PM said that she was not cherry-picking but just negotiating in the same way as any trade deal is put together.
Although a deal has not been agreed, Juventus appear confident of their chances of signing the German international.
Pence is on the first leg of a three-country tour that includes stops in Jordan and Israel.
Coveney was speaking to Adam Boulton after this morning’s Brexit deal.
The DUP said it wouldn’t accept Northern Ireland having a different deal to the rest of the UK.
The UK wants to progress negotiations to the next stage but the EU isn’t satisfied.
The UK wants to progress negotiations to the next stage.
Dublin-based Captain Imelda Comer hand delivered the letter to Ryanair management yesterday.
The party wants to remain in the market for “a transitional period”.
The power-sharing assembly has been vacant since January.
The UK prime minister announced a set of proposals for EU citizens following Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn has questioned where the money is coming from.
Today was the first day of Brexit negotiations between the UK and EU.
Focusing on Ireland’s ‘unique concerns’ is the order of the day in the government’s new strategy document.
Rumours abound that Commission chief Jean Claude Juncker is deeply pessimistic regarding May’s alleged hardline attitude towards Brexit talks.
A strike action scheduled for today was cancelled after a breakthrough at the WRC last Wednesday.
Theresa May’s government has 24 months to negotiate them – on top of the day jobs.
The Ligue 1 side’s president Jacques-Henri Eyraud is believed to have travelled to London on Monday.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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