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Foster blames Varadkar for 'setting precedent' with comments that could stoke loyalist violence
'Too soon to celebrate': On the border, people give Brexit deal cautious welcome
Explainer: Where has the Northern Ireland backstop gone?
'The backstop has been replaced': Varadkar hails agreement between EU and UK
Varadkar says Johnson told him he's confident of getting MPs to back Brexit deal
Timeline: How the DUP went from 'blood red lines' to a Brexit compromise
Cameron says Johnson must 'compromise more' if he wants to avoid no-deal Brexit
We have some sort of UK proposals for the Irish border - so now what?
Coveney says he doesn't want a quarrel with the DUP, but says the minority can't have a veto
Johnson in new court showdown as Europe brands Brexit plans ‘unconvincing’
Johnson preparing for 'intensive discussions' in bid to get Brexit deal over the line
What are the possible sticking points in Boris Johnson's backstop alternative?
Boris Johnson publishes his alternative to the backstop
Explainer: Another day, another set of backstop proposals - but what do they mean?
'Northern Ireland and Ireland deserve better': Coveney rejects UK proposals for border customs posts
Why Brexiteers see the backstop as a 'non-story', 'irrelevant' and an EU trick
Coveney warns that 'time is running out' after Brexit meeting with Barnier
Chair of Brexit Party says Varadkar 'hijacked' the backstop issue, and that Irish border trade is 'irrelevant'
Will no-deal Brexit mean border checks in Ireland? Juncker's answer is simple: Yes
At the Brexit Party's Wales rally, Nigel Farage targets Labour and the backstop - but thinks Juncker is rather fun
Juncker says EU open to dropping backstop if ‘all objectives are met’ by UK
Arlene Foster suggests she is open to special arrangements for North as part of Brexit deal
Boris Johnson pulls out of Luxembourg press conference as he's booed and jeered
Northern Ireland-only backstop ruled out by Boris Johnson, says DUP
Boris Johnson faces parliament opposition ahead of prorogation
Varadkar 'doesn't expect any breakthroughs' in meeting with Johnson on Monday
'Volatile and dynamic': Varadkar says Ireland will be keeping a close eye on the House of Commons this week
MPs to propose law to stop no-deal Brexit - Gove won't rule out ignoring it if it passes
Tánaiste urges British government to propose alternatives to backstop 'as quickly as possible'
Johnson and Tusk trade 'Mr No Deal' jibes as G7 summit kicks off
Explainer: The British press has seized on Merkel's '30 days' remark - but what did she mean by it?
'All eyes on how Ireland is being treated': Country now in eye of storm, Coveney says
Boris Johnson tells Angela Merkel: 'We do need the Brexit backstop removed'
Simon Coveney conveys 'disappointment' with Boris Johnson's four-page letter on Brexit
No-deal Brexit could turn UK into 'a diminished and inward-looking little England', warns Hammond
The Explainer: What is the Irish backstop?
Donohoe says 'cliff-edge' Brexit can be avoided but no-deal risk is growing
'Panic' and 'security gaps': Internal British document warns about impact of no-deal Brexit
Cast-iron and vital, or an anti-democratic bureaucracy: what is the Irish backstop?