# ni-protocol - Wednesday 22 June, 2022
# Eu-uk Relations
# Eu-uk Relations
Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil MEP for Dublin, said that the US Congressional delegation added “nothing whatsoever”.
# ni-protocol - 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.
# ni-protocol - Monday 13 June, 2022
# NI Protocol
The UK is set to introduce legislation to unilaterally change parts of its Brexit deal with the EU. The changes could include the removal of all customs processes for goods moving within the UK. Ireland, the EU and the UK Labour party say changing the agreement would represent a breach of international law.
# ni-protocol - Sunday 12 June, 2022
# Here We Go Again
# Here We Go Again
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald criticised Brandon Lewis, saying he was ‘talking through his hat’.
# ni-protocol - Friday 10 June, 2022
# Protocol Problems
# Protocol Problems
The Taoiseach said the UK’s plans to act unilaterally over the protocol would be “deeply damaging”.
# ni-protocol - Thursday 9 June, 2022
# Cabinet
# Cabinet
Minister Simon Coveney has urged the UK Government to step back from its plan to publish domestic legislation.
# ni-protocol - Wednesday 1 June, 2022
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill have met with the EU’s Brexit negotiator to urge the bloc to uphold the Good Friday Agreement.
# ni-protocol - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
Varadkar said the UK’s threats to disapply parts of the Protocol are creating an “atmosphere of distrust”.
# ni-protocol - Friday 22 April, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
Boris Johnson claimed the Northern Ireland Protocol ‘does not command the confidence of a large part’ of the population in the Northern Ireland.
# ni-protocol - Thursday 21 April, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The DUP leader was addressing a rally against the protocol in Castlederg.
# ni-protocol - Tuesday 12 April, 2022
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
The issue stems from the outworkings of the NI Protocol , which means NI remains covered by the EU’s pharmaceutical regulations.
# ni-protocol - Monday 14 March, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The case was pursued in the names of unionists and Brexiteers from across the UK.
# ni-protocol - Monday 28 February, 2022
# Northern Ireland Protocol
# Northern Ireland Protocol
A Bipa meeting was told that the Stormont Executive would only be restored when issues surrounding the NI Protocol were resolved.
# ni-protocol - Saturday 12 February, 2022
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
DUP Leader Jeffrey Donaldson has made the claim multiple times in recent weeks.
# ni-protocol - Sunday 6 February, 2022
# Northern Ireland Protocol
# Northern Ireland Protocol
Triggering Article 16 could suspend elements of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
# ni-protocol - Friday 4 February, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The foreign affairs minister said it’s “enormously frustrating” for Northern Ireland’s other parties.
# Injunction
# Injunction
The decision has been suspended until a judicial review against Edwin Poots’ order can be heard in full.
# ni-protocol - Thursday 3 February, 2022
# The Protocol
Mairéad McGuinness said the move created uncertainty and unpredictability for the North. It was unclear this morning whether the order by Edwin Poots last night had been complied with. Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis insists UK government won't intervene.
# ni-protocol - Wednesday 2 February, 2022
# The Protocol Row
Edwin Poots has argued that he has received legal advice in favour of him suspending checks unilaterally. Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said the move, if carried out, would be a “breach of international law”. It is yet unclear whether the senior civil servant in Poots' department can legally comply with the order.
# ni-protocol - Monday 24 January, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
Jeffrey Donaldson said the UK Government needed to make his party aware of its intentions immediately.
# ni-protocol - Friday 14 January, 2022
# The North
# The North
He said he doesn’t want the NI Assembly election in May become dominated by the ‘polarising’ issue.
# ni-protocol - Monday 10 January, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Donaldson said her pledges to reform the post-Brexit trading mechanisms need to be backed up with actions.
# ni-protocol - Sunday 9 January, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The DUP has welcomed comments by Truss, while the SDLP leader has said that the move would “only make things worse”.
# ni-protocol - Friday 10 December, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Brexit minister David Frost said ‘intensive talks’ would continue next week.
# ni-protocol - Thursday 18 November, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
UK Brexit Minster David Frost will hold further talks with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic tomorrow.
# Brexit
# Brexit
Bertie Ahern said the idea that the NI Protocol is about trade “just passes them by.”
# ni-protocol - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The European Commission vice-president said if the UK Government suspended the protocol, it would have “serious consequences”.
# ni-protocol - Monday 15 November, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Paul Givan said it is because the DUP holds the agriculture ministry that “we haven’t had the protocol being implemented”.
# ni-protocol - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The European Commission vice-president said there had been a ‘change in tone’ from UK negotiators.
# Brexit
# Brexit
The UK government’s chief negotiator to the EU, David Frost, is due to meet European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic.
# ni-protocol - Monday 8 November, 2021
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
The DUP leader was commenting on the decision of the Progressive Unionist Party to withdraw support for the Good Friday Agreement.
# ni-protocol - Monday 1 November, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
He also said the EU had “destroyed cross-community consent”.
# ni-protocol - Wednesday 27 October, 2021
# Jeffrey Donaldson
# Jeffrey Donaldson
Stormont elections are currently set to happen next year.
# ni-protocol - Sunday 24 October, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
A round of talks in Brussels was ‘constructive’ but significant disagreements still remain.
# ni-protocol - Sunday 17 October, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
She said UK/EU relations would be in a ‘difficult place’ if it was true No 10 always intended to ditch the protocol.
# ni-protocol - Saturday 16 October, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
How far apart are the EU and the UK to reaching a deal on tweaking trade arrangements in Northern Ireland?
# ni-protocol - Friday 15 October, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Brexit Minister will hold talks with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic in Brussels today.
# ni-protocol - Thursday 14 October, 2021
# Deadlock
# Deadlock
Brexit minister David Frost is expected in Brussels tomorrow to meet Maros Sefcovic to discuss ways to break the deadlock.
# ni-protocol - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# The North
Measures would see an 80% reduction in checks envisaged for retail agri-food products arriving in the region from Great Britain. The proposed changes would also remove the prospect of certain British produce, including Cumberland sausages, being banned from export to Northern Ireland. The plan also includes a 50% reduction in customs paperwork
# ni-protocol - Monday 4 October, 2021
# In Unison
# In Unison
The leaders of Northern Ireland’s three main unionist parties shared a platform to strongly criticise the protocol.
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