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Sunday 22 May 2022
Varadkar said the UK’s threats to disapply parts of the Protocol are creating an “atmosphere of distrust”.
Post-Brexit talks between the EU and UK are still ongoing.
Campaigners have accused the British government of damaging the peace process in their handling of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
“We need to go back to the drawing board.”
A group of DUP members have engaged senior legal counsel to prepare for a series of challenges to the protocol.
Friday saw the first ferries arrive in Ireland from Britain under new trade rules following the end of the Brexit transition period.
Number 10 has said that it’s “entirely possible that negotiations will not succeed”.
Unfettered access to GB from NI, and declaration on goods from GB to Northern Ireland.
There’s a backlog of around 320,000 applications to go through, according to the UK Home Office.
The two sides are well apart on a final agreement.
The British Government said it wanted to reach its own, separate fast-track extradition arrangement with Brussels.
With requirements for pet travel to the UK likely to change with Brexit, the government is ordering a lot more pet passports.
Over half of Irish importers source 75% or more of their imports from the UK.
“I will leave UKIP amicably, cheerfully and in the knowledge that we won.”
Some think the time is right, economically and politically – particularly after the Brexit vote. Others aren’t sure, saying it would only serve to heighten sectarian tensions.
Visits from the British market increased by almost 9.5% in the last three months.
A German think tank survey has found that Ireland will be impacted in both the short-term and long-term.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE yesterday took part in a march through Belfast to seek the “immediate implementation” of an Irish Language Act.
The event was organised by An Dream Dearg and saw participants march from Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich to Belfast City Hall.
The provision of an Irish Language Act was a key component of the New Decade, New Approach deal which restored the government of the Northern Ireland Executive after a three-year hiatus.
This morning we want to know: Can you speak Irish?
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Paul Handrick says time is running out for wild bees but there’s lots we can do to help.
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