# brexit - Wednesday 21 July, 2021
# Groundhog Day
# Groundhog Day
The UK government has said that current arrangements “cannot go on”, despite progress made last month on some big issues.
# brexit - Thursday 8 July, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The Labour leader was speaking during two days of official engagements in the region.
# brexit - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Protocol
# Protocol
Eileen Weir, a veteran community worker, gave evidence to the NI Affairs Committee in the UK Parliament.
# brexit - Sunday 4 July, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Donaldson says he was ‘strive for’ what he says is a solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol.
# brexit - Saturday 3 July, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
A three-month extension of the grace period ended the ‘sausage war’ issue after an EU concession.
# Sausage Wars
# Sausage Wars
There is hope that a deal on chilled meat could mark a moment of calm in a fraught post-Brexit EU-UK relationship.
# brexit - Wednesday 30 June, 2021
# Northern Ireland Protocol
Along with the chilled meat extension, other important changes to the Protocol were announced today by the European Commission. This includes allowing for the movement of medicines, guide dogs, car insurance and livestock from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
# Good Friday Agreement
# Good Friday Agreement
This included an argument that the Northern Ireland Protocol breached the Good Friday Agreement.
# Brexit
# Brexit
The UK and the European Union are set to announce an extension to a grace period.
# Poll
# Poll
47% of respondents said the Protocol is appropriate for Northern Ireland, while the same number disagreed.
# brexit - Monday 28 June, 2021
# Northern Ireland Protocol
# Northern Ireland Protocol
Maros Sefcovic said the EU is willing to accommodate permanent flexibilities to the Northern Ireland Protocol.
# brexit - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Protocol
# Protocol
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister said he hopes progress will be made in the sausage war trade dispute between the UK and the EU.
# brexit - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# River Liffey
# River Liffey
Minister Charlie McConalogue has announced a tour of ports and harbours over the next few months to hear fishers’ concerns.
# Brexit
# Brexit
The comments came after outgoing DUP leader Edwin Poots said he had received a personal assurance that changes would be made to the Protocol.
# Uk Residency
# Uk Residency
EU citizens and their families have been asked to apply to the Home Office scheme by 30 June.
# brexit - Tuesday 22 June, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The UK government and the EU are locked in a dispute over the implementation of the protocol.
# brexit - Sunday 20 June, 2021
# What's The Deal
# What's The Deal
In principle, the deal commits to the “full liberalisation” of Australian goods entering Britain.
# brexit - Friday 18 June, 2021
# Food Fight
# Food Fight
Here is an extract from our Brexit newsletter this evening, revived to cover the grace-period row, and strained relations.
# brexit - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# Podcast
# Podcast
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.
# brexit - Monday 14 June, 2021
# Protocol
The US President told the UK Prime Minister he must protect the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process Taoiseach Micheál Martin said a further grace period for the Northern Ireland Protocol would be “very problematic” The DUP's new leader Edwin Poots sent a copy of the Good Friday Agreement to French President Emmanuel Macron
# brexit - Saturday 12 June, 2021
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab made the call as Boris Johnson met leaders from the bloc in Cornwall.
# brexit - Friday 11 June, 2021
# Cornwall
# Cornwall
This will be the first time the leaders have met in almost two years due to Covid-19.
# brexit - Thursday 10 June, 2021
# Subscription
# Subscription
Boris Johnson’s former top aide has launched a profile on newsletter platform Substack.
# Northern Ireland
Biden's aides say he will stress the need to "stand behind" the Northern Ireland Protocol. Micheál Martin said this morning that Biden's and US involvement is significant and makes sense from an American perspective. European Council President Charles Michel said it's "paramount" that the terms of the Brexit deal are respected.
# brexit - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Do Your Bratwurst
# Do Your Bratwurst
The EU has warned it will “react swiftly” if the UK acts unilaterally again in relation to the NI Protocol.
# brexit - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Dup Leader
# Dup Leader
The Taoiseach says the two party leaders had “an open exchange of view” this evening.
# brexit - Tuesday 1 June, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
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.
# brexit - Sunday 30 May, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Maros Sefcovic said they searched for four years for the ‘best solution to the very sensitive situation in Northern Ireland’.
# brexit - Saturday 29 May, 2021
# brexit - Thursday 27 May, 2021
# Westminster Committee
# Westminster Committee
His marathon seven-hour session of evidence gave the press plenty to write about, some calling it a “rain of fire”, others a “Domshell”.
# brexit - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Irish Fishing fleet is protesting today and they believe that their industry is under threat from Brexit .
# Everybody Needs Good Neighbours
# Everybody Needs Good Neighbours
This makes more distrusted than the US government or the European Commission.
# brexit - Tuesday 25 May, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
A new raft of checks at the ports of Belfast and Larne under the terms of the Protocol have sparked anger among unionists.
# brexit - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
Coveney said that option is within the confines of the protocol if the UK agree to a common approach to standards.
# brexit - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The committee chairman said they’re being asked to give evidence on the impact of Brexit and the NI Protocol.
# brexit - Wednesday 12 May, 2021
# The Protocol
# The Protocol
Frost and NI Secretary Brandon Lewis met business and community reps during a two-day visit to the North.
# brexit - Monday 10 May, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The remarks were made at an Oireachtas committee today.
# brexit - Saturday 8 May, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The open letter has been sent to Micheál Martin, Boris Johnson, Joe Biden and Maros Sefcovic.
# brexit - 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.
# brexit - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Former BBC correspondent Brian Rowan looks at the embattled DUP leader’s position today.
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