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# customs union
Post-Brexit trade talks resume as ‘significant differences’ remain
Michel Barnier and Lord Frost met in Brussels yesterday.
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# Interview
'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.
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Apr 16th 2019, 12:05 AM
# Dismay
Indicative votes result: MPs vote against all 8 Brexit options, including a no-deal
None of the votes are binding, however.
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Mar 27th 2019, 9:45 PM
# Explainer
How 'Norway plus' could be a Brexit solution, and why trading garlic is problematic
They would get full access to the Single Market and avoid tariff barriers.
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Dec 1st 2018, 4:00 PM
# Brexit
'Alarm bells' ringing for DUP as May letter raises prospect of EU customs border in Irish Sea
The DUP leader has said that a leaked letter raised “alarm bells for those who value the integrity of our precious union..”
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Nov 9th 2018, 7:36 AM
Dublin Port is already scaling up its operations to prepare for a hard Brexit
As the Brexit backstop will not apply to Ireland’s ports, work is underway to add new custom checks and new infrastructure.
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Jul 19th 2018, 11:33 AM
# Brexit
Theresa May wins key Brexit vote on customs union despite ongoing rebellion
MPs have voted 307 to 301 to defeat an amendment to the Trade Bill.
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Jul 17th 2018, 8:54 PM
# Across the water
'We're one United Kingdom' - Theresa May describes EU plans as an Irish Sea border
May says that the EU’s ‘backstop’ plan is not acceptable.
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Jun 17th 2018, 12:56 PM
# customs union
Boris Johnson calls UK's post-Brexit trade plan 'crazy'
Britain’s Foreign Secretary said “a whole new web of bureaucracy” could be created.
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May 8th 2018, 8:30 AM
# EU-turn
Theresa May to reverse stance on UK leaving the customs union after Brexit
Yesterday, Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin said that the future of Northern Ireland was being decided in Brexit negotiations.
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Apr 23rd 2018, 7:43 AM
# trade deal
UK could get a special trade deal with the EU after Brexit - Macron says
He warned that it could only happen if it accept the single market preconditions.
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Jan 20th 2018, 9:21 AM
# constructive ambiguity
EU negotiator calls UK's Brexit plan 'a fantasy'
Britain wants “a highly streamlined customs arrangement” with the EU.
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Aug 15th 2017, 2:40 PM
# customs union
Simon Coveney says electronic tagging of vehicles in place of a hard border would not work
The minister’s comments come as the UK and the EU
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Jul 17th 2017, 10:40 PM