# border - Wednesday 15 June, 2022
# Smuggling
# Smuggling
An official outlined details of attempts to smuggle drugs, weapons and high-end electrical products into the bloc.
# border - Wednesday 23 March, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Foreign Affairs Minister raised concerns about plans for foreigners to have an Electronic Travel Authorisation pass when crossing the border.
# border - Sunday 20 February, 2022
# Travel
# Travel
“The wait is over,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said during a press conference today.
# border - Monday 7 February, 2022
# Lockdown
# Lockdown
Australia’s ports and airports shut to tourists in March 2020.
# border - Sunday 6 February, 2022
# Intelligence Assessments
# Intelligence Assessments
Ukraine today insisted the chance of resolving the soaring tensions with Russia through diplomacy remained greater than that of an attack.
# border - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Border
# Border
The EU has accused Lukashenko’s government of orchestrating the migration surge as a “hybrid attack”.
# border - Monday 15 November, 2021
# Belarus
# Belarus
Belarus President Lukashenko today discussed the crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
# border - Tuesday 9 November, 2021
# Article 16
# Article 16
Varadkar said triggering Article 16 would mean the EU would have to respond.
# border - Sunday 9 May, 2021
# No Restrictions
# No Restrictions
Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann had sought measures to stop non-essential cross-border journeys.
# border - Thursday 6 May, 2021
# Common Travel Loophole
Organised crime groups have been exploiting a 100-year-old agreement between Ireland and England to bypass Brexit imposed border checks.
# border - Wednesday 10 February, 2021
# Belfast
# Belfast
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs said checks will resume on a phased basis.
# border - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# The Protocol
# The Protocol
Post-Brexit inspections on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain have been suspended amid concerns over the safety of officials.
# Donald Trump
# Donald Trump
An estimated 600 to 700 children remain apart from their families.
# border - Tuesday 22 December, 2020
# Level 5
# Level 5
The Tánaiste said there would be gardaí policing rules around inter-county travel.
# border - Sunday 20 December, 2020
# US-Mexico Relations
# US-Mexico Relations
Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador only recently congratulated the US president-elect on his victory.
# border - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# Shared Island Initiative
# Shared Island Initiative
Martin said a border poll is not on the agenda for his Government in the next five years.
# border - Sunday 18 October, 2020
# Health
# Health
For years, cross-border healthcare has been slowly and tentatively developing. Now Brexit poses a threat.
# border - Sunday 11 October, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The figures seen yesterday in Ireland were the largest in several months.
# border - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Pigs And Boars
# Pigs And Boars
It’s the first time the disease, which affects pigs and wild boar, has broken out in Germany.
# border - Friday 31 July, 2020
# Dublin Castle
# Dublin Castle
The council, one of the bodies set up under the Belfast Agreement, will meet in Dublin today for the first time since 2016.
# border - Monday 20 July, 2020
# Border
# Border
First Minister Arlene Foster wants to preserve free movement for the sake of business and family life.
# border - Sunday 12 July, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
£235 million will be spent on staffing and IT systems, while £470 million will be spent on port and inland infrastructure.
# border - Friday 12 June, 2020
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Brexit transition period is due to end on 31 December.
# border - Saturday 9 May, 2020
# Border
# Border
Drew Harris and Simon Byrne conducted a joint patrol with local officers on the Tyrone/Monaghan border today.
# border - Thursday 5 March, 2020
# Border
# Border
Turkey has claimed Greece is using live rounds against people at the border, saying three have been killed.
# border - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Finally
# Finally
The DUP has not signed up to support the deal.
# border - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
# Deportation
# Deportation
A three-month-old and two-year-old twins are among those being detained.
# Brexit
# Brexit
“We’ll see, I’m still hopeful,” he said, adding things would become clearer in the next seven or eight hours.
# border - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
# 11th Hour
# 11th Hour
Speculation is mounting that a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations is imminent.
# border - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Syria
# Syria
The US made the surprise decision to pull troops out of northern Syria, leaving Turkey to enter.
# border - Friday 4 October, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Simon Coveney has said the UK’s Brexit proposals contain ‘significant problems’.
# border - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
# No Deal
# No Deal
The British Prime Minister is today expected to again stress that the UK will leave the EU on 31 October, one way or another.
# border - Tuesday 1 October, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Johnson’s comments follow the fall-out from the UK’s proposal to replace the backstop with a series of customs posts.
# border - Monday 23 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Richard Tice, an MEP for the East of England, also explained trade across the Northern Irish border by comparing it to a jar of Smarties.
# border - Sunday 22 September, 2019
# Backstop
# Backstop
“The British have to tell us exactly the architectural nature of this border,” the European Commission president told Sky News, “I don’t like it, a hard border.”
# border - Thursday 12 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
He said a timeline for how long the checks would be operational will have to be agreed.
# border - Saturday 7 September, 2019
# Brexit And The Border
# Brexit And The Border
The Sinn Féin leader claims border checks would breach the Good Friday Agreement.
# border - Monday 19 August, 2019
# Co Fermanagh
# Co Fermanagh
The explosion has been condemned by politicians on both sides of the border.
# border - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Border
# Border
Britain leaving the EU without a deal seems increasingly likely.
# border - Monday 22 July, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
During his time as Foreign Secretary, Johnson compared concerns about the Irish border as “the tail wagging the dog.”
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