Friday 25 June, 2021
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister said he hopes progress will be made in the sausage war trade dispute between the UK and the EU.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has announced a tour of ports and harbours over the next few months to hear fishers’ concerns.
The comments came after outgoing DUP leader Edwin Poots said he had received a personal assurance that changes would be made to the Protocol.
EU citizens and their families have been asked to apply to the Home Office scheme by 30 June.
The UK government and the EU are locked in a dispute over the implementation of the protocol.
In principle, the deal commits to the “full liberalisation” of Australian goods entering Britain.
Here is an extract from our Brexit newsletter this evening, revived to cover the grace-period row, and strained relations.
Yes, a Brexit sausage row. Let us break it down for you with the help of Gráinne Ní Aodha and Dominic McGrath of BBC Radio Foyle.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab made the call as Boris Johnson met leaders from the bloc in Cornwall.
This will be the first time the leaders have met in almost two years due to Covid-19.
Boris Johnson’s former top aide has launched a profile on newsletter platform Substack.
The EU has warned it will “react swiftly” if the UK acts unilaterally again in relation to the NI Protocol.
The Taoiseach says the two party leaders had “an open exchange of view” this evening.
The UK’s Brexit minister was in NI to meet business and community representatives to discuss the challenges they are facing following departure from the EU.
Maros Sefcovic said they searched for four years for the ‘best solution to the very sensitive situation in Northern Ireland’.
His marathon seven-hour session of evidence gave the press plenty to write about, some calling it a “rain of fire”, others a “Domshell”.
The Irish Fishing fleet is protesting today and they believe that their industry is under threat from Brexit.
This makes more distrusted than the US government or the European Commission.
A new raft of checks at the ports of Belfast and Larne under the terms of the Protocol have sparked anger among unionists.
Coveney said that option is within the confines of the protocol if the UK agree to a common approach to standards.
The committee chairman said they’re being asked to give evidence on the impact of Brexit and the NI Protocol.
Frost and NI Secretary Brandon Lewis met business and community reps during a two-day visit to the North.
The remarks were made at an Oireachtas committee today.
The open letter has been sent to Micheál Martin, Boris Johnson, Joe Biden and Maros Sefcovic.
Former BBC correspondent Brian Rowan looks at the embattled DUP leader’s position today.
Members of the European Parliament had threatened to reject the agreement over the UK’s actions on the NI Protocol.
Gareth McCord’s brother Raymond was beaten to death by a UVF gang in north Belfast in 1997.
Trade with the UK declined by 29% while trade with other EU ports increased by nearly 18%.
Micheal Martin said Brexit was one of the causes of the ‘terrible scenes’ of rioting in Belfast recently.
Brexit minister David Frost and European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic have met in Brussels.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is also in London today for talks.
Boris Johnson was of sowing mistrust among the unionist community, and is not “a casual observer” to events in the North.
The former BBC correspondent and author says it’s like a rewind button has been pressed to the past in the North.
It took an event unrelated to the Irish Sea border furore to set a match to simmering tensions
What’s going on? We take a look in this week’s episode.
One of the party’s Stormont ministers said such a move would be ‘counter-productive’.
