# protocol - Wednesday 15 June, 2022
# Brexit Battle
# Brexit Battle
Maros Sefcovic delivered an update to a press conference this morning.
# protocol - Tuesday 14 June, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
Expect Johnson to do what he’s always done – pick fights with the EU in a bid to keep power, former UK/EU negotiatior Sydney Nash writes.
# protocol - Monday 13 June, 2022
# The Protocol
# The Protocol
The Bill was published this evening.
# All Together Now
# All Together Now
The letter represents a majority of MLAs in Stormont but no unionists signed it.
# protocol - Thursday 9 June, 2022
# UK Labour
# UK Labour
Starmer’s visit comes as the UK Government revealed plans to introduce legislation that would override parts of the Brexit.
# protocol - Friday 27 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The US Congressional group met business organisations as their last engagement on their trip to the island of Ireland.
# protocol - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Brexit
Donaldson made the comments after Congressman Richard Neal described the Protocol impasse as 'manufactured'. Massachusetts Democrat Neal told reporters today it's 'up to London' to find a solution. Neal is leading a nine-strong US delegation on a fact-finding mission to Europe.
# protocol - Monday 23 May, 2022
# Protocol
# Protocol
The Taoiseach made the remarks during a press conference with Dutch PM Mark Rutte
# protocol - Wednesday 18 May, 2022
# The Fix
# The Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# protocol - Tuesday 17 May, 2022
# Brexit
Liz Truss addressed the Commons this afternoon. "This is not about scrapping the Protocol," she told MPs. Truss said she would prefer to do a deal with the EU instead of passing legislation.
# Brexit
# Brexit
Liz Truss is expected to declare her intention to bring forward legislation which rips up parts of the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal.
# protocol - Sunday 15 May, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The Foreign Affairs Minister said Ireland is “frustrated” and “dealing with the consequences now of a decision by the British people on our own country”.
# protocol - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Northern Ireland
European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic earlier said the UK plans to scrap swathes of the Protocol are "unacceptable". Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed suggestions of any possible escalatory response from the EU as "crazy". DUP MP Sammy Wilson said his party has adopted a wait-and-see approach over what the UK Government will do about the Protocol.
# protocol - Saturday 23 April, 2022
# Jim Allister
# Jim Allister
“It will take more than a story to solve the Protocol issue,” Jim Allister told an election rally.
# protocol - Thursday 21 April, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The DUP leader was addressing a rally against the protocol in Castlederg.
# protocol - Saturday 12 March, 2022
# Protocol
# Protocol
The Taoiseach was speaking to reporters at the Embassy of Ireland in London.
# protocol - Thursday 17 February, 2022
# Protocol
# Protocol
Donaldson said unionism is ‘rapidly losing faith’ that a negotiated solution can be found on the trading arrangements.
# protocol - Friday 11 February, 2022
# Northern Ireland Secretary
# Northern Ireland Secretary
Lewis said that it was “disappointing and wrong” that Paul Givan had resigned as the North’s First Minister.
# protocol - Friday 4 February, 2022
# Injunction
# Injunction
The decision has been suspended until a judicial review against Edwin Poots’ order can be heard in full.
# protocol - Wednesday 2 February, 2022
# The Protocol Row
# The Protocol Row
Poots claims he no longer has the legal authority to continue the Protocol checks – but local politics is also at play.
# The Protocol Row
Edwin Poots has argued that he has received legal advice in favour of him suspending checks unilaterally. Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said the move, if carried out, would be a “breach of international law”. It is yet unclear whether the senior civil servant in Poots' department can legally comply with the order.
# protocol - Friday 28 January, 2022
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Senator Erin McGreehan said that the video was adding tension amid “heightened” emotions before Stormont elections in May.
# protocol - Monday 25 October, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
The EU’s suggested changes will fix some – but not all – problems with post-Brexit trade in 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.
# protocol - Tuesday 12 October, 2021
# David Frost
# David Frost
David Frost took aim at the oversight of the European Courts of Justice over trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.
# protocol - Saturday 2 October, 2021
# United Kingdom
# United Kingdom
Boris Johnson did not rule out triggering Article 16.
# protocol - Friday 17 September, 2021
# Protocol Protest
# Protocol Protest
TUV leader Jim Allister and loyalist activist Moore Holmes were among the speakers.
# 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.
# protocol - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Protocol
# Protocol
Eileen Weir, a veteran community worker, gave evidence to the NI Affairs Committee in the UK Parliament.
# protocol - Wednesday 30 June, 2021
# Poll
# Poll
47% of respondents said the Protocol is appropriate for Northern Ireland, while the same number disagreed.
# 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 .
# protocol - 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.
# protocol - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# 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 .
# protocol - 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
# protocol - 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.
# protocol - 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.
# protocol - Tuesday 4 May, 2021
# Leo's Gaff
From The42
# Leo's Gaff
The get-together on Monday night may have been a breach of Covid-19 protocols.
# protocol - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Neale Richmond says the legal action by unionists is ill-judged and will further entrench political views.
# These Islands
Martin welcomed efforts by the UK and EU to find a solution The legal action claims the protocol breaches the Act of Union and the Good Friday Agreement Virtual debate at Westminster on the protocol later today
# protocol - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Brexit
# Brexit
Both sides have agreed to “spare no effort” in implementing solutions.
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