# northern-ireland-protocol - Thursday 14 October, 2021
# Deadlock
# Deadlock
Brexit minister David Frost is expected in Brussels tomorrow to meet Maros Sefcovic to discuss ways to break the deadlock.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Wednesday 13 October, 2021
# The North
Measures would see an 80% reduction in checks envisaged for retail agri-food products arriving in the region from Great Britain. The proposed changes would also remove the prospect of certain British produce, including Cumberland sausages, being banned from export to Northern Ireland. The plan also includes a 50% reduction in customs paperwork
# Northern Ireland Protocol
# Northern Ireland Protocol
Sinn Féin welcomed the “far-reaching” EU plans published this evening.
# Leo Varadkar
# Leo Varadkar
The Tanaiste said comments from Dominic Cummings indicate Boris Johnson’s administration ‘acted in bad faith’.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Monday 4 October, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Brexit minister David Frost again threatened to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol unless Brussels gives ground.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# The North
# The North
The protocol was agreed by the UK and EU as a way to maintain a free-flowing land border on the island of Ireland after Brexit.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Monday 20 September, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Johnson is due to meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House tomorrow.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Friday 10 September, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Jeffrey Donaldson said he feared negotiations over the protocol would drag on for years.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Thursday 9 September, 2021
# Jeffrey Donaldson
Donaldson announced his party’s withdrawal from north/south political structures established under the Good Friday Agreement. He said DUP ministers will block the implementation of any additional checks at Northern Ireland ports when ongoing grace periods end.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Monday 6 September, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The European Commission said it “will not agree to a renegotiation of the Protocol”.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Saturday 4 September, 2021
# Protocol Problems
# Protocol Problems
The negotiator of the post-Brexit agreement renewed calls for Brussels to accept changes to the deal that he negotiated.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Thursday 2 September, 2021
# The North
# The North
The Tanaiste met with Jeffrey Donaldson to assess post-Brexit arrangements and Covid recovery.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Monday 30 August, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
US congressman Brendan Boyle spoke to The Journal on Brexit, Afghanistan, and polarised politics.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Friday 27 August, 2021
# Protocol Problems
# Protocol Problems
The Taoiseach acknowledged “the concerns of the unionist community are sincere”.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Thursday 29 July, 2021
# House Of Lords
# House Of Lords
The House of Lords committee said that Northern Ireland risks becoming a “permanent casualty” of Brexit.
# northern-ireland-protocol - 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.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Saturday 3 July, 2021
# The North
# The North
David Frost and Brandon Lewis said the current terms risk ‘creating a series of rolling crises’.
# northern-ireland-protocol - 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.
# northern-ireland-protocol - 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 .
# northern-ireland-protocol - Monday 21 June, 2021
# The North
# The North
The Loyalist Communities Council said Irish Government ministers would not be welcome as difficulties over the Northern Ireland Protocol remain.
# northern-ireland-protocol - 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.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# northern-ireland-protocol - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Dup Leader
# Dup Leader
The Taoiseach says the two party leaders had “an open exchange of view” this evening.
# northern-ireland-protocol - 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.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# Swan Song
# Swan Song
The First Minister said every day the protocol remains in place, more damage was done to Northern Ireland.
# northern-ireland-protocol - 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.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Saturday 8 May, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The open letter has been sent to Micheál Martin, Boris Johnson, Joe Biden and Maros Sefcovic.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# The Dup
Foster will step down as Northern Ireland's First Minister at the end of June. There has been growing discontentment with Foster's handling of Brexit negotiations and the Northern Ireland Protocol. Foster has been the leader of the DUP since 2015.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney is also in London today for talks.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Sunday 14 March, 2021
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
Foster wants the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol to be replaced.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Friday 5 March, 2021
# Did It Again
# Did It Again
The European Commission is taking legal action against the UK government for its latest moves regarding the Northern Ireland protocol.
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
This is Brexit: so expect to see more rows between the UK and EU, particularly over the Northern Ireland Protocol .
# NI Protocol
# NI Protocol
The Northern Ireland protocol was designed to avoid a hardening of the border on the island of Ireland.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Thursday 4 March, 2021
# Northern Protocol
# Northern Protocol
Loyalist paramilitaries in NI have said they are withdrawing their support for the GFA.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Friday 26 February, 2021
# Stormont Executive
# Stormont Executive
DUP minister for agriculture Gordon Lyons has also stopped any further recruitment of inspection staff.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Thursday 18 February, 2021
# Mairead McGuinness
# Mairead McGuinness
Mairead McGuinness said mechanisms are in place to ensure such a situation doesn’t arise again.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Thursday 11 February, 2021
# Podcast
# Podcast
We take a closer look on this week’s episode.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Sunday 7 February, 2021
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
Coveney did admit however that there have been issues with the implementation of the protocol.
# northern-ireland-protocol - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# Brexit
UK minister Michael Gove has asked the EU for a Northern Ireland transition period until 2023. Simon Coveney conceded that some of the ways the Protocol is being implemented is causing problems. SDLP MLA Colin McGrath said that there is a danger of any problem in Northern Ireland becoming a "green or orange" issue.
# 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.
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