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# backstop - Thursday 22 August, 2019
Explainer: The British press has seized on Merkel's '30 days' remark - but what did she mean by it?
Reports of Merkel’s ’30-day Brexit deadline’ dominate the UK front pages.
'All eyes on how Ireland is being treated': Country now in eye of storm, Coveney says
Coveney said the UK backstop alternatives will ‘badly hit’ Ireland and its economy.
# backstop - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
Boris Johnson tells Angela Merkel: 'We do need the Brexit backstop removed'
Johnson will seek to convince the German Chancellor to renegotiate elements of the Brexit deal.
# backstop - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
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Simon Coveney conveys 'disappointment' with Boris Johnson's four-page letter on Brexit
Donald Tusk has re-iterated the EU’s commitment to the backstop.
# backstop - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
No-deal Brexit could turn UK into 'a diminished and inward-looking little England', warns Hammond
He said that claims a no-deal Brexit would be positive were “absurd”, and called Johnson’s pledge to bin the backstop “wrecking”.
# backstop - Thursday 8 August, 2019
The Explainer: What is the Irish backstop?
This week on The Explainer podcast, we look at the backstop, and why it is such a major issue for Brexit.
# backstop - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
Donohoe says 'cliff-edge' Brexit can be avoided but no-deal risk is growing
The finance minister said British chancellor Sajid Javid is “absolutely committed” to Britain leaving the EU by 31 October.
# backstop - Friday 2 August, 2019
'Panic' and 'security gaps': Internal British document warns about impact of no-deal Brexit
Britain leaving the EU without a deal seems increasingly likely.
Cast-iron and vital, or an anti-democratic bureaucracy: what is the Irish backstop?
Should it be for a limited period of time or not? Should it apply to the UK as a whole, or just Northern Ireland?
# backstop - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
Mary Lou McDonald says she told Boris Johnson 'to make sure he's not the DUP's gofer'
DUP leader Arlene Foster said that Johnson told them “talk of a border poll is not something he’s interested in entertaining”.
How the backstop created a back door for anti-Irish sentiment in the UK
As the UK exit from the EU draws closer, the Irish government has become a frequent target of Brexiteers.
# backstop - Saturday 27 July, 2019
Boris Johnson says Brexit is a 'massive economic opportunity'
He added it had been treated under his predecessor Theresa May as “an impending adverse weather event”.
# backstop - Friday 26 July, 2019
Boris Johnson's Brexit comments 'unhelpful', Coveney says
The Tánaiste was meeting with new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Julian Smith today.
# backstop - Sunday 21 July, 2019
Coveney says no-deal Brexit will be 'a disaster for us all'
The Tánaiste says he and others have worked for three years to avoid such a scenario.
# backstop - Friday 19 July, 2019
Andrew Adonis: 'Don't panic - Boris Johnson is the last throw of the Brexit dice'
The former adviser to Tony Blair is speaking about Brexit at the IIEA in Dublin today.
# backstop - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
Reality of backstop not changing or going anywhere will confront new British prime minister, says Donohoe
Jeremy Hunt proclaimed during a television debate with Boris Johnson that the backstop is “dead”.
# backstop - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
The UK's Brexit department is hiring four advisers - two for the backstop and two for 'alternative arrangements'
“We are looking for two proactive problem-solvers…” the ad reads.
# backstop - Monday 24 June, 2019
UK report says alternative to backstop 'should be fully up and running within three years'
Two Remain-supporting MPs are behind the report.
# backstop - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
Bin the backstop or pay us off? Here's what the Conservative leadership hopefuls have said about Ireland
Ten Conservative MPs want to be the next prime minister. Here’s how they all have said they’ll solve the Irish “issue”.
# backstop - Tuesday 16 April, 2019
'I'm no expert in the cultivation of cannabis': Taoiseach supports idea of Irish farmers growing cannabis in the future
In a wide-ranging interview with TheJournal.ie, Varadkar discussed John Delaney, Brexit, Peter Casey and the European elections.
# backstop - Sunday 7 April, 2019
Theresa May says she had to reach out to Labour or risk letting Brexit 'slip through our fingers'
In a video posted on Twitter, a smiling Prime Minister said she had to look for compromise from the opposition to get Brexit through.
# backstop - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
MPs could vote on May's deal for FOURTH time as it's warned hard Brexit is 'nearly inevitable'
Meanwhile, Leo Varadkar said: “No one should underestimate the difficulties that a no deal will present.”
# backstop - Tuesday 12 March, 2019
Explainer: What is May's new Brexit deal and what on earth will happen next?
The UK and EU last night announced a joint instrument providing guarantees on the backstop.
# backstop - Sunday 10 March, 2019
David Davis says May's Brexit deal is 'dreadful' but if UK could pull out of backstop it's 'rescuable'
Davis also said that in a way, Theresa May’s deal is worse than the UK’s current membership of the EU.
# backstop - Thursday 7 March, 2019
Geoffrey Cox argued that 'backstop could threaten Northern Irish human rights'
The Guardian reports that the UK’s Attorney General used this argument to try to convince the EU to change the backstop.
# backstop - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
'Never has Europe been in such danger': Macron calls for EU reform in light of Brexit
In an opinion piece published in 28 newspapers around Europe, Macron outlined his vision for the EU’s future.
# backstop - Saturday 2 March, 2019
Michel Barnier says EU is open to negotiating on Brexit 'guarantees' but not on the backstop
Barnier also suggested the EU would be open to a “technical” delay to Brexit.
# backstop - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
MPs overwhelmingly back delaying Brexit if needed, as Labour says it will support second referendum
Unless Article 50 is extended, Theresa May has just one month to get a deal over the line.
# backstop - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
Impact of no-deal Brexit would be 'more severe' and last longer in Northern Ireland than anywhere else
The British government has warned that a no-deal scenario would likely have a negative impact in terms of trade and crime.
# backstop - Monday 11 February, 2019
May rejects Corbyn's pitch as yet another week of Brexit debate looms in House of Commons
EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier has said there is very little time left to settle a final Brexit deal.
# backstop - Friday 8 February, 2019
Sky News poll shows Brexit has damaged UK's reputation for majority of Irish people
Data showed that the majority of Irish people would rather cut ties with the UK than the EU.
# backstop - Tuesday 5 February, 2019
Irish government welcomes May's border comments but says she has 'unrealistic expectations' about backstop
Theresa May has said she remains committed to preventing a hard border on the island of Ireland post-Brexit.
Theresa May to give Brexit speech in Northern Ireland today
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said no alternatives to the backstop have stood up to scrutiny.
# backstop - Monday 4 February, 2019
May's cabinet to discuss alternative arrangements to backstop with Eurosceptic MPs
Downing Street said it had established “an Alternative Arrangements Working Group” to mull the backstop issue starting today.
# backstop - Saturday 2 February, 2019
'Summon up the blood': The best Brexit quotes from another colourful week
Everyone has a hot take…
# backstop - Thursday 31 January, 2019
Foreign Secretary says UK may seek to delay Brexit in bid to secure deal
Getting MPs to support a withdrawal agreement has proved rather difficult.
# backstop - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
MPs don't want the Irish backstop. Europe won't budge. So now what?
Another vote is promised by 13 February – if the Withdrawal Agreement isn’t approved then, it’s looking like a no-deal Brexit.
Coveney: London's latest tactic is like saying 'give me what I want or I'll jump out the window'
Meanwhile, Dominic Raab told a British committee that they needed to find “a ladder for the Irish government to climb down”.
# backstop - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
As it happened: UK parliament votes to bin the backstop and go back to renegotiate in Brussels
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is going back to the EU.
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Poll: Do you agree with plans to introduce fees for roadside electric vehicle chargers?
YESTERDAY, IT EMERGED that drivers of electric cars will have to pay to have their vehicles topped up at roadside charging points from later this year.
The ESB has confirmed that it will no longer allow electric vehicle owners to use the charge points for free in order to cover the cost of operating the chargers.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan agreed that charging can’t be carried out for free if there is a cost to the operator.
However, critics argue that the move will set back government plans to have one million electric cars on Irish roads by 2030.
So today we’re asking: Do you agree with plans to introduce fees for roadside electric vehicle chargers?
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From the Garden: How to make the perfect sauerkraut at home
By Michael Kelly
Although the name is German, the probiotic food has its origins in China.
Simon Coveney: The backstop is overwhelmingly supported. This gets little recognition in the UK Brexit debate
By Simon Coveney - @simoncoveney
A hard Brexit, if the UK chooses one, will be ugly and difficult, says the Tánaiste.
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
By Joseph A Moynihan
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
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