# Northern Ireland

March

March 2023

# Northern Ireland

Taoiseach is 'disappointed' with DUP's decision not to return to Stormont

Varadkar is in Brussels today for a meeting of EU leaders where the Windsor Framework will be discussed.

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Mar 23rd 2023, 1:16 PM

# Brexit

Varadkar concerned new UK visa waiver scheme will deter tourists from visiting NI

Non-Irish tourists visiting the Republic will need one of the new visa waivers to cross into Northern Ireland.

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Mar 21st 2023, 8:01 PM

# census 2021

First Northern Ireland census to track sexual orientation finds 2.1% identify as LGB+

The latest census results focus on employment, marital status and sexual orientation.

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Mar 21st 2023, 10:36 AM

# Northern Ireland

Windsor Framework: DUP to vote against Government on 'Stormont Brake'

Jeffrey Donaldson said that while the proposed terms represent “real progress”, it fails to address “the imposition of EU law by the Protocol”.

The first Commons vote on the EU/UK agreement on trading arrangements for Northern Ireland will take place on Wednesday.

Downing Street has said the UK government has no plans to seek changes to the deal despite the DUP's decision to oppose it.

Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill has said "the deal is done" and the onus is on all parties to get Stormont moving.

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Mar 20th 2023, 5:38 PM

# Northern Ireland

PSNI release man held over New IRA claim for John Caldwell shooting

Detective Chief Inspector Caldwell was shot several times last month in Omagh.

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Mar 19th 2023, 4:53 PM

# Northern Ireland

McDonald says DUP would be 'foolish' not to return to Stormont for Biden visit

The Sinn Féin leader said she was hopeful the DUP would ‘do the right thing’ and agree to the terms of the Windsor Framework.

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Mar 19th 2023, 1:03 PM

# nostalgia for the future

Beneath green shamrocks and fluff of St Patrick's Day lies Ireland's soft power busy at work

Ireland sees cringeworthy flattery of the US as warranted if it achieves the end goal.

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Mar 19th 2023, 12:15 AM

# Joe Biden

PSNI arrest another man in connection with attempted murder of John Caldwell

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell remains in a critical but stable condition.

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Mar 18th 2023, 2:11 PM

# Tony Blair

Blair: Good Friday Agreement 'the only really successful peace process' of the past 25 years

The former UK prime minister gave an interview to AFP ahead of the 25th anniversary of the agreement.

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Mar 18th 2023, 9:55 AM

# Ballyarnett Country Park

Man charged after dog found partially buried alive in Derry

The incident was described as ‘soul destroying’ by an animal welfare organisation.

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Mar 17th 2023, 6:16 PM

# unity referendums

McDonald plays down significance of Sinn Féin-backed Irish unity adverts in US newspapers

The advert says the British Government continues to ‘break its obligations’.

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Mar 16th 2023, 7:30 AM

# DUP

'Still more work to do' in addressing Windsor Framework concerns, Donaldson says

The DUP leader said the Brexit deal “does not deal with some of the fundamental problems” created by the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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Mar 15th 2023, 10:15 PM

# John Caldwell

Tenth man arrested in connection with attempted murder of PSNI detective

John Caldwell was shot in front of his young son at a football club last month.

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Mar 14th 2023, 8:58 PM

# Invitation

Joe Biden confirms intention to visit NI and Republic for Good Friday Agreement anniversary

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said it is “very welcome news”.

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Mar 14th 2023, 4:10 PM

# St Patrick's trips

Here's what Leo Varadkar, Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald will be up to in the US next week

Leo Varadkar will meet the US president in the White House on Friday.

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Mar 11th 2023, 6:30 AM

# Brexit

Heaton-Harris: Westminster MPs to vote on new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland by end of month

The Windsor Framework reduces the amount of paperwork required to move good from Britain to Northern Ireland.

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Mar 9th 2023, 8:10 PM

# Study

Brexit has caused challenges with cross-border travel on island of Ireland for migrants

That’s according to new researched published by the ESRI today.

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Mar 6th 2023, 6:30 AM

# nolan show

SDLP says it's concerned over balance of BBC's 'editorial decisions' after MLA taken off-air

Matthew O’Toole and Stephen Nolan were discussing comments made last night by chair of the Loyalist Communities Council, David Campbell.

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Mar 3rd 2023, 6:25 PM

# windsor framework

Westminster to legislate to 'reassure' unionists of Northern Ireland's position in UK

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris most unionist concerns with the new post-Brexit deal relate to the Acts of Union.

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Mar 3rd 2023, 12:23 PM

# John Caldwell

PSNI restates focus on New IRA in Omagh shooting investigation after reports of loyalist arrests

An Assistant Chief Constable said people should not get “confused” with titles such as loyalism.

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Mar 2nd 2023, 10:57 PM

# Brexit

Boris Johnson says he wishes he had cut corporation tax to 'outbid the Irish' when he was PM

Johnson also challenged Rishi Sunak to cut corporation tax to ‘Irish levels or lower’.

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Mar 2nd 2023, 4:52 PM

# windsor framework

DUP will only sign up to Windsor framework if it 'safeguards the union', says Sammy Wilson

Wilson, an MP and the DUP chief whip, sharply criticised the ‘Stormont brake’ clause in the deal.

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Mar 1st 2023, 9:02 PM

February

February 2023

# windsor framework

Sunak pleads with MPs to give DUP 'time and space' to consider Brexit deal

The view of the DUP will be crucial if the deal is to help restore power-sharing at Stormont.

The British Prime Minister saoid "the last thing the public want is another Westminster drama".

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party will take its time to study the deal before coming to a conclusion on it.

Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill said "the deal is now done" and that getting Stormont up and running must now be the priority.

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Feb 28th 2023, 10:56 PM

# bye bye protocol

Explainer: Pets, potatoes and the 'Stormont brake', what's the deal with the Windsor Framework?

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the new deal effectively removes “any sense of a border in the Irish Sea”.

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Feb 28th 2023, 3:48 PM

Voices

Analysis: A deal on the Protocol is done but it's only now that the hard work begins

Former UK/EU negotiator Sydney Nash looks at the political wrangling ahead if the new Windsor Framework is to work.

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Feb 28th 2023, 6:00 AM

# Northern Ireland

Joe Biden hails Protocol deal as 'essential step' in protecting Good Friday Agreement

The US president has long taken a close interest in the peace process in Northern Ireland.

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Feb 27th 2023, 10:39 PM

# Backlash

King Charles III criticised for ‘constitutionally unwise’ tea with EU chief after Protocol deal

Former DUP leader Arlene Foster called the move ‘tone deaf’.

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Feb 27th 2023, 9:00 PM

# Protocol

Varadkar: Talks over Northern Ireland Protocol ‘inching towards conclusion’

The Taoiseach warned, however, that there is still a ‘gap to be closed’ in the UK-EU talks.

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Feb 25th 2023, 6:32 PM

# royally messed up

Sunak under fire for involving King Charles in Protocol negotiations

A planned meeting between the monarch and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen is no longer expected to go ahead.

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Feb 25th 2023, 1:00 PM

# John Caldwell

New IRA 'primary line of enquiry' into attempted murder of PSNI detective John Caldwell

A fifth man has been arrested by police investigating the attempted murder this evening.

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Feb 24th 2023, 7:11 PM

# Dissidents

Explainer: The New IRA and their not-so-new belief in violent republicanism

The New IRA was formed in 2012.

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Feb 24th 2023, 8:20 AM

# Poll

Health and economy ranked as bigger concerns than Protocol for Northern Ireland's voters

Talks have intensified to find a resolution to the Protocol dispute and get parliament functioning again in the North.

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Feb 24th 2023, 7:30 AM

Voices

Local MLA: 'There's a black cloud over Omagh today - one we'd hoped had gone forever'

The SDLP’s Daniel McCrossan says the people of Omagh are shocked that such violence has once again visited them.

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Feb 23rd 2023, 10:00 PM

# Attack

Northern Ireland leaders come together in rare show of unity to condemn Omagh shooting

The officer was shot last night at a football coaching session in Omagh.

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Feb 23rd 2023, 3:48 PM

# Profile

DCI John Caldwell: The senior PSNI officer who led several high-profile murder investigations

The detective was shot in Omagh, Co Tyrone last night and remains in a critical condition.

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Feb 23rd 2023, 2:20 PM

# NI Protocol

Protocol talks: Sunak promises to be 'resolute', says MPs will get chance to 'express view'

The UK Government and the EU are still negotiating changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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Feb 22nd 2023, 1:41 PM

# Daithi's Law

Westminster is set to pass a new organ donation law for NI because Stormont remains deadlocked

The law is named after six-year-old Belfast boy Daithi MacGabhann, who is waiting for a heart transplant.

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Feb 22nd 2023, 8:31 AM

# Northern Ireland

Protocol stand-off: Sunak faces resignation threats ahead of high stakes Cabinet

The Times reported some ministers could be prepared to resign if Sunak’s solution risks the place of the North within the UK.

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Feb 21st 2023, 8:06 AM

# Brexit

EU and UK hold 'productive' NI Protocol talks as DUP dampens hopes of supporting a deal

Senior DUP MP Sammy Wilson said: “We are British and we expect to be governed by British law, not Brussels law.”

Senior DUP MP Sammy Wilson said: "We are British and we expect to be governed by British law, not Brussels law."

European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic and UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly agreed to meet again in the coming days.

According to a report in The Times, British PM Rishi Sunak is willing to go ahead with a UK-EU accord even without the DUP’s support.

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Feb 20th 2023, 8:35 PM

# rail review

Rail campaigners call for review of island's network to be published

The report cannot be published due to the political impasse at Stormont.

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Feb 20th 2023, 5:23 PM