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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Coveney has said the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has Ireland’s full support.
Neale Richmond says the UK has become a slave to insular thinking and it has led them to Brexit and the current mess it has caused.
Von der Leyen said the UK Internal Market Bill had “distracted very strongly” from the upcoming deadline.
However, new research has found that no sector is severely exposed to both the shocks of the pandemic and a hard Brexit.
Budget 2021 will be no windfall but will target those sectors impacted the most.
Ibec outlined measures it sees as central to supporting businesses and the economy over the coming year.
Former ambassador Bobby McDonagh says Johnson’s team have used every excuse to cover their breach of international law, short of the PM eating his own homework.
Former attorney general Geoffrey Cox has also described it as ‘unconscionable’
“Britain is behaving in an extraordinary way and the British people need to know that,” Coveney said on the BBC.
Lee says he feels conflicted about the possibility of a Sinn Féin government but admits the party now has a mandate that deserves recognition.
The Meath-East TD, who worked in European law and twice ran as an MEP candidate, talks to TheJournal.ie about an extraordinary Brexit week.
Writing in the Telegraph, Johnson has argued in favour of the Bill as rebel Tories mount a plan to amend the legislation.
The UK government this week told the Commons that it would be breaking international law in relation to Brexit in ‘a limited and specific way’. Rights campaigner Emma DeSouza says she’s seen this before.
The UK has said that it won’t drop measures that would undermine the Withdrawal Agreement.
The EU has called on the British government to withdraw proposed measures that would breach the withdrawal agreement.
In a specific and limited way.
“Trust has been eroded”, the Taoiseach says, – but is this all just a British negotiation tactic?
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove will meet senior EU official Maroš Šefčovič to discuss the situation.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the breach of the Withdrawal Agreement would break international law.
The pair spoke over the phone this evening.
There are 113 days to go…
The action plan outlines the vital preparations that businesses should be taking in advance of 31 December.
The Taoiseach says the UK government’s actions ‘does not build trust’.
The government says the bill is intended to ensure Northern Ireland can trade freely with Britain.
NI Secretary Brandon Lewis said that UK proposals over the EU agreement could “break international law”.
It’s like it has never gone away… the latest on why the Brexit trade talks are causing a kerfuffle.
The Financial Times claims Sir Jonathan has resigned due to a dispute with Downing Street.
The rising prospect that Boris Johnson will backtrack on the Brexit agreement dominates the UK front pages.
Former ambassador Bobby McDonagh says the Cummings-driven cabal of ‘weirdos and misfits’ are now steering the UK onto a dangerous path in the Brexit negotiations.
Trade talks will resume in London today.
Today’s Cabinet meeting is set to be dominated about Brexit.
Political leaders have described the reported plans as a “treacherous betrayal” by “charlatans”.
The UK is reportedly planning legislation to overwrite key elements of the Withdrawal Agreement.
The DUP MP appeared to contradict his party leader Arlene Foster.
David Frost was speaking in an interview with the Mail on Sunday.
The EU’s Chief negotiator said that the UK side “continues to disappoint” on three main issues in Brexit trade talks.
Phil Hogan resigned as Trade Commissioner last night.
Officials from the EU and UK sides will enter into detailed haggling today and tomorrow.
The two leaders are discussing management of Covid-19 and Brexit negotiations.
An initial £50 million will set up the service, with the full contract worth up to £200 million.
PUBS OUTSIDE DUBLIN that don’t serve food will be permitted to open today for the first time since March.
Strict measures will be in place: customers will not be able to sit at or order at the bar, and groups will be limited to six people from three different households, with distancing of at least one metre between each table.
If a pub can implement a distance of two metres, the 105-minute time limit for customers can be waived. All customers are to be off the premises by 11.30pm.
Amidst a rising number of cases in counties around the country, Professor Philip Nolan told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that although people outside of Dublin can go to the pub, “the question is should you, and how often”.
So, with that in mind, will you go to a ‘wet’ pub this week?
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