A united Ireland is growing ever more likely – thanks to the failures of Brexit Britain
theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2024/feb/26/ireland-unity-brexit-britain
In 2019, Boris Johnson promised his Brexit deal would do away with checks on the Northern Irish border.
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Irish trade to GB now subject to post-Brexit rules: The new controls began on Wednesday as part of a long-delayed UK plan to apply more checks on EU imports.
bbc.com/news/articles/cldqzk3pey6o
Brexit: 'Significant changes' coming for Irish trade to GB: The Irish government is urging exporters to be ready for new post-Brexit border controls next month.
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In 2019, Boris Johnson promised his Brexit deal would do away with checks on the Northern Irish border.
Five years later ... Show more www.politico.eu/article/northern-ireland-eu-brexit-headache-on-the-irish-border/
Is the Windsor framework in Northern Ireland working?: The new rules soften the Irish Sea border, but do not make it disappear
economist.com/britain/2023/10/26/is-the-windsor-framework-in-northern-ireland-working
How Boris Johnson – and Brexit – almost unravelled the Good Friday Agreement: The former prime minister’s reckless suggestion that the Irish border would not be ...
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-good-friday-agreement-boris-b2316835.html
Northern Irish airports demand return of duty-free shopping amid Brexit limbo: Northern Ireland airports caught in a post-Brexit snag, missing out on a £5 ...
brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/628226/northern-irish-airports-demand-return-of-duty-free-shopping-amid-brexit-limbo
Quick Glance: NI Airports Push for Duty-Free Shopping on EU Flights
- NI airports are advocating for the reinstatement of duty-free shopping on flights between the region and the European Union.
- Belfast City Airport, Belfast International Airport, and City of Derry Airport have jointly appealed to the UK Government and EU to extend this opportunity to Northern Ireland's airports.
- The airports also emphasized that restoring duty-free shops for EU flights would bring them on par with other airports in the UK, providing substantial economic benefits in terms of generated income.
- The reintroduction of duty-free shopping post-Brexit has been highly popular among consumers, with foreign retailers witnessing significant increases in sales of duty-free goods to departing UK passengers.
Sunak’s ‘seismic’ deal resolves border problem – but DUP support remains elusive: The Northern Irish question has caused endless headaches in Belfast ...
france24.com/en/europe/20230302-sunak-s-seismic-deal-resolves-border-problem-%E28093-but-will-it-restore-northern-irish-parliament
Quick Glance: Does Boris have a point about the Protocol?
- Boris Johnson delivered his first speech since leaving No.10, telling the audience that he would be unable to support Rishi Sunak's Brexit plan.
- Despite the Windsor Framework's lukewarm reception, does Boris have a valid point?
- Sue Gray, who is also on the podcast, recently resigned from the civil service to become Keir Starmer's chief of staff.
Opinion | Biden’s Trip to Northern Ireland and the Power of Diplomacy: The U.S. continues to play a crucial role in the Good Friday Agreement.
nytimes.com/2023/04/10/opinion/biden-northern-ireland.html
🔊 What does the historic Northern Ireland deal really mean for people there? @padraichalpin tells Reuters World News what’s at stake Show more
UK Supreme Court upholds legality of the Northern Ireland Protocol: What is the protocol
indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-global/uk-supreme-court-upholds-legality-of-northern-ireland-protocol-8432545/
Ireland buzzing as reunification talk grows louder: A century after partition, support for unity on the island of 7mn is gaining momentum
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Biden's Northern Ireland visit will highlight DUP's intransigence – and Brexit folly
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A profound moment as the UK lurches further right and Tories face electoral wipeout with Labour
thenational.scot/politics/23033281.profound-moment-uk-lurches-right-tories-face-electoral-wipeout-labour/
Political leaders and actors among those set to take part in Irish unity rally: Cold Feet star Jimmy Nesbitt will deliver the keynote address at the Ireland’s ...
independent.co.uk/news/uk/dublin-future-census-alliance-party-leo-varadkar-b2186871.html
After Banshees of Inisherin: Island fisheries ebb with the Brexit tides: "In a few weeks’ time, John Conneely will deliver two fishing vessels to yards ...
irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41100976.html
Northern Ireland Stalemate Endures Despite Brexit Talks Progress: Northern Irish politicians failed to form a government for a sixth time since last May’s ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-14/brexit-talks-progress-does-not-help-northern-ireland-form-government
Let's hope the second Brexit battle is less exhausting than the first: The sequel is rarely as good as the original. Jaws 2, for instance ...
cityam.com/lets-hope-the-second-brexit-battle-is-less-exhausting-than-the-first/
Quick Glance: The UK is now "teetering on brink of trade war with EU" according to London business leaders.
- It has threatened to unilaterally rip up the agreement struck by Boris Johnson with Brussels in January 2020 in order to force Brexit through.
- He claimed that Northern Ireland's access to the single market was now "under threat," and that the UK's actions have eroded the confidence required for the execution of its post-Brexit trade pact with Brussels.
- "Our aim will always be to secure the implementation of the protocol."
- As part of the Brexit divorce settlement, Boris Johnson signed the Northern Ireland Protocol with the European Union in January 2020, with the provisions aimed at preventing a hard border on the island of Ireland.
N.Irish businesses urge UK against potentially damaging unilateral plans: Northern Irish businesses urged Britain to tackle disruption to post-Brexit trade ...
reuters.com/world/europe/nirish-businesses-urge-uk-against-potentially-damaging-unilateral-plans-2022-06-13/
Boris ‘set to green-light controversial Northern Ireland bill’ amid crisis talks: Boris Johnson could give the go-ahead to controversial legislation overriding ...
metro.co.uk/2022/05/16/boris-set-to-green-light-controversial-northern-ireland-bill-amid-crisis-talks-16649386/
Quick Glance: Boris Johnson will undertake meetings in an attempt to break the deadlock in Northern Ireland.
- Mr Johnson stated ahead of his trip to Northern Ireland that the UK will have a "necessity to act" if the EU refuses to negotiate a consensus on the protocol.
- The agreement, agreed to by the UK and EU to ensure a free-flowing Irish land border, requires customs and regulatory checks on goods movement between the UK and Northern Ireland.
- On Monday morning, one of Northern Ireland's biggest daily newspapers, The Irish News, wrote an editorial in the form of an open letter to Mr Johnson, imploring him to consider the fact that a majority in Stormont supports the protocol.
Sinn Féin celebrates victory but DUP warns over Northern Ireland protocol: DUP will refuse to join new administration until UK government addresses post-Brexit ...
theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/07/sinn-fein-celebrates-victory-but-dup-warns-over-northern-ireland-protocol
Cleverly to meet Stormont party leaders after mini-deal on Brexit raises fresh powersharing hopes
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/james-cleverly-brexit-stormont-powersharing-b2259678.html
Brexit: What is the Northern Ireland Protocol?: The Northern Ireland Protocol is at the centre of a dispute between the UK and the EU.
bbc.com/news/explainers-53724381
Northern Irish economy outperforming UK thanks to Brexit protocol: Experts: National Institute of Economic and Social Research says freedom to trade barrier-free ...
politico.eu/article/experts-brexit-protocol-is-boosting-northern-ireland-economy/
Quick Glance: Experts say the Northern Irish economy is outperforming the UK as a result of the Brexit protocol.
- According to the report, Northern Ireland's economic production "has slightly outperformed the U.K. average."
- Instead, as a less disruptive and more easily implemented option, the protocol demands one-way EU checks on British products coming in Northern Irish ports.
- Importantly, the protocol allows Northern Irish manufacturers, unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, to export barrier-free to the entire 27-nation EU.
- Democratic Unionists, who reject the agreement because it makes commerce with the Republic of Ireland easier than with the rest of the United Kingdom, claim it has increased Northern Irish retail prices by 27 percent – an accusation that is not supported by any publicly accessible evidence.
Biden heads to Northern Ireland at delicate political juncture
Biden arrives in Northern Ireland to mark peace deal anniversary: U.S. President Joe Biden was welcomed to Northern Ireland by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ...
reuters.com/world/biden-heads-northern-ireland-delicate-political-juncture-2023-04-11/
Quick Glance: Good Friday Agreement: Rishi Sunak promises a "better future" in Northern Ireland ahead of Joe Biden's visit
- The agreement brought an end to Northern Ireland's 30-year conflict, which had claimed over 3,500 lives.
- More information:
- The Good Friday Treaty After 25 years, "It is that promise of a better future that we offered to everyone in Northern Ireland that I will be thinking of first and foremost over the coming days." Prime Minister David Cameron said.
- "It is my responsibility as the prime minister of the United Kingdom to ensure we are making good on that promise."
- "As Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, it is my responsibility to ensure that we keep that promise."
By flip-flopping on Brexit, Boris Johnson is stoking violence: The crux of the issue here is that our Government has signed a binding treaty that it now doesn’t ...
metro.co.uk/2022/05/18/by-flip-flopping-on-the-brexit-boris-johnson-is-but-stoking-violence-16668258/
EU will retaliate to any unilateral action on NI protocol, Coveney warns: Minister urges ‘partnership and dialogue’ ahead of Boris Johnson’s Belfast visit
irishtimes.com/news/politics/eu-will-retaliate-to-any-unilateral-action-on-ni-protocol-coveney-warns-1.4879091
EU sues UK after plan to override deal on Northern Ireland: The European Commission launched two new legal proceedings against Britain on Wednesday after London ...
reuters.com/world/europe/eu-launches-new-legal-steps-against-britain-over-n-ireland-plans-2022-06-15/
Brexit fallout threatens to ignite loyalist tempers as N Ireland centenary looms: Orange Order-led anniversary parade sets up a possible flash point that could ...
ft.com/content/effe6649-f3d9-44bc-8577-f5a89653133f
Explainer: What is in Britain's proposed new post-Brexit law for N.Ireland: Britain published legislation on Monday to tackle disruption to post-Brexit trade ...
reuters.com/world/europe/what-is-britains-proposed-new-post-brexit-law-nireland-2022-06-13/
Self-serving leaders block Northern Ireland’s path to a new politics: A population that would like to enjoy its ‘peace dividend’ is trapped by Brexit and rules ...
ft.com/content/364e7e50-e1a5-4d88-bce4-2604536a2f7b
Tomorrow's front page, and editorial:
Rishi Sunak’s #Brexit deal could be the making of the Prime Minister.
https://www.cityam.com/rishi-sunaks-brexit-deal-could-be-the-making-of-the-prime-minister/
The Northern Irish city of Londonderry commemorates one of the darkest days in modern UK history on Sunday when, 50 years ago ... http://u.afp.com/wx9p
Scholz warns UK against 'unilateral' change to N Ireland Brexit accord: London says the deal is "not tenable" in its current form and Northern Irish ...
euronews.com/2022/05/10/germany-s-scholz-warns-uk-against-unilateral-change-to-post-brexit-accord-in-northern-irel
Why is the Northern Ireland protocol so contentious?: Brexit has created a new border within the United Kingdom that is straining a fragile peace
economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/03/10/why-is-the-northern-ireland-protocol-so-contentious
Explainer: How the Northern Ireland protocol divides Britain and the EU: Britain said on Tuesday it would push ahead with a new law to effectively override parts ...
reuters.com/world/europe/how-northern-ireland-protocol-divides-britain-eu-2022-05-17/
Why is the Northern Ireland protocol so contentious?: Brexit has created a new border within the United Kingdom that is straining a fragile peace
economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/03/10/why-is-the-northern-ireland-protocol-so-contentious
DUP claims new Brexit deal means Northern Irish goods have to meet EU standards even if not exported
businesspost.ie/news/dup-claims-new-brexit-deal-means-northern-irish-goods-have-to-meet-eu-standards-even-if-not-exported/
Why is the Northern Ireland protocol so contentious?: Brexit has created a new border within the United Kingdom that is straining a fragile peace
economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/03/10/why-is-the-northern-ireland-protocol-so-contentious
Northern Ireland first minister resigns over Brexit checks on goods: Paul Givan’s move triggers parallel departure of deputy first minister and plunges Stormont ...
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/03/northern-ireland-first-minister-poised-to-quit-over-brexit-reports-say
Four Seasons in a Day review – playful amble along Ireland’s post-Brexit borderland
theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/13/four-seasons-in-a-day-review-playful-amble-along-irelands-post-brexit-borderland
Solving Northern Ireland Brexit row would help focus on Ukraine, UK says: Settling a Brexit dispute over Northern Irish trade would enable London and Brussels to ...
reuters.com/world/europe/solving-nirish-brexit-row-would-help-focus-ukraine-uk-says-2022-02-21/
Belfast court blocks DUP bid to stop Brexit checks at Northern Irish ports: Judge says ‘confusion’ over order’s legality requires a full hearing March 7.
politico.eu/article/belfast-court-blocks-dup-bid-to-stop-brexit-checks-at-northern-irish-ports/
Brexit casts shadow over Northern Ireland elections : Party divisions over trading arrangements reflect region’s sectarian divide ahead of pivotal May poll
ft.com/content/defe816c-050b-45ad-9c73-e1794f4649c5
Northern Ireland is huge in TV, but post-Brexit reality is far less glitzy: Northern Ireland faces economic problems similar to those of rest of the UK ...
theguardian.com/business/2021/nov/27/northern-ireland-is-huge-in-tv-but-post-brexit-reality-is-far-less-glitzy
UK says EU's proposals will not solve post-Brexit problems: Britain said it was disappointing the European Union had chosen to relaunch legal proceedings against ...
reuters.com/world/uk/uk-says-eus-proposals-will-not-solve-post-brexit-problems-2022-06-15/
Sinn Fein eyes watershed win as N.Ireland goes to the polls: Sinn Fein looks set to become the first Irish nationalist party to win the most seats in Northern ...
reuters.com/world/uk/sinn-fein-eyes-watershed-win-nireland-goes-polls-2022-05-05/
Quick Glance: Sinn Fein eyeing historic victory as votes close in Northern Ireland
- 1/7] On the day of the Northern Ireland Assembly elections, May 5, 2022, a Sinn Fein volunteer stands outside a voting booth clutching sample ballot papers in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Britain and the EU have spent months attempting to reach an agreement on how to eliminate many of the checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK, which were enforced under the protocol to avoid straining the EU single market through the open border with Ireland.
- The decision is also likely to reinforce that a majority of lawmakers in the regional assembly, including Sinn Fein, support keeping the protocol in place.
Brexit: ‘30% chance’ of new deal for Northern Ireland – Johnson: Democratic Unionist party leader says prime minister made admission during private meeting last ...
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/04/boris-johnson-30-percent-chance-new-brexit-deal-northern-ireland
[Opinion] Brexit hostility to Good Friday Agreement is damaging UK in US: Democratic Unionist MPs could affirm unequivocally they support the Good Friday ...
euobserver.com/opinion/155024
Dublin urges UK to end deadlock with EU over N Ireland: Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney warns row over trade protocol will become an election issue if not ...
ft.com/content/83436f8c-fa00-4b56-86f8-416e12f46a37
UK and Irish leaders seek progress at summit on Northern Ireland row: Rishi Sunak and Micheál Martin, meeting on Thursday, are seeking a breakthrough in the long ...
euronews.com/2022/11/10/british-irish-council-leaders-seek-progress-on-northern-ireland-post-brexit-trade-row
The European Commission's Vice-President Maros Sefcovic updates the Northern Irish committee on trading protocol as Britain and the European Union ...
Northern Ireland Brexit deal in peril after border checks scrapped: A day after the two-year anniversary on Brexit, the crucial trading compromise in place to ...
metro.co.uk/2022/02/02/northern-ireland-brexit-deal-in-peril-after-border-checks-scrapped-16037723/
EU offers to scrap 80% of NI food checks but prepares for Johnson to reject deal: Maroš Šefčovič attempts to end tussle at press conference but ‘big gap’ remains ...
theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/13/eu-offers-to-scrap-80-of-ni-food-checks-but-prepares-for-johnson-to-reject-deal
Colm Tóibín: will the Brexit fallout lead to a ‘united Ireland’?: With negotiations souring an already uneasy relationship to England, the Irish novelist surveys ...
theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/02/colm-toibin-will-the-brexit-fallout-lead-to-a-united-ireland
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi cautions Britain over N.Irish peace deal: U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi cautioned Britain on Friday that if the ...
reuters.com/world/uk/destroying-nirish-peace-deal-would-make-us-trade-deal-very-unlikely-pelosi-2021-09-17/
Majority of Northern Irish voters want vote on staying in UK: Two-thirds of people say a border poll should be held at some point in the wake of Brexit
theguardian.com/politics/2021/aug/29/majority-of-northern-irish-voters-want-vote-on-staying-in-uk
Brexit deadlock: Will the UK and EU agree a deal on Northern Ireland? : All sides face tough decisions as talks between Liz Truss and Maros Sefcovic get under ...
ft.com/content/b9e4615e-b347-422f-b79a-6df5d992bd18
Dublin’s Lo-Lo port boom reveals shift in Ireland’s trade after Brexit: More freight is bypassing the UK and heading straight for the EU
ft.com/content/a93abd6a-83cb-4918-80ed-c9999bd7bc5a
Europe’s carbon border levy could pose another post-Brexit challenge for Ireland: The European Union is planning to introduce a levy for carbon-intensive goods ...
euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/europes-carbon-border-levy-could-pose-another-post-brexit-challenge-for-ireland/
Britain and Ireland argue on Twitter over Brexit deal: Britain and Ireland traded barbs on Twitter on Sunday after British Brexit negotiator David Frost restated ...
reuters.com/world/uk/britain-ireland-argue-twitter-over-brexit-deal-2021-10-10/
Serious EU intent to fix Northern Ireland border row, says Irish PM: But Micheál Martin says he is "frustrated" post-Brexit talks are hindering UK-EU ...
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59336580
EU and UK try to melt ice in post-Brexit talks: The two sides issued a joint statement, a positive development in itself in the divisive Brexit talks ...
euobserver.com/world/154178
EU proposes easing controls on British trade to N. Ireland: The European Union offered Britain a package of measures to ease the transit of goods to Northern ...
reuters.com/world/europe/eu-unveil-measures-ease-british-goods-flow-n-ireland-2021-10-13/
EU must respond to UK's demand on Brexit deal urgently, minister says: The European Union must respond urgently to Britain's demands for changes to the deal ...
reuters.com/world/uk/eu-must-respond-uks-demand-brexit-deal-urgently-minister-says-2021-09-23/
British trade with Ireland slumps following Brexit: Goods exports from Great Britain to Ireland have dropped by 20% since the United Kingdom left the single ...
euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/british-trade-with-ireland-slumps-following-brexit/
EU warns Britain: Don't press the emergency Brexit button: The European Union said on Friday that Britain had made no move to seek a compromise on post-Brexit ...
reuters.com/world/uk/growing-expectation-uk-will-trigger-article-16-over-brexit-dispute-rte-2021-11-05/
Paul Hosford: What will Liz Truss' leadership mean for Ireland?: Irish sources are keen to point out that Ms Truss has not endeared herself across the ...
irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40955183.html
Paid articlePaid Anti-gay attitudes in Northern Ireland are changing: Parties that support the union with Great Britain are modernising—some faster than others
economist.com/britain/2021/12/18/anti-gay-attitudes-in-northern-ireland-are-changing
Pressured by Biden, Johnson may finally face reality on Northern Ireland | Simon Jenkins
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/07/northern-ireland-boris-johnson-uk-eu-trading-standards
UK minister: Irish protocol spat risks long-term damage to EU relations: Frost warns dispute could hold back ‘new era’ of cooperation.
politico.eu/article/uk-minister-irish-protocol-spat-long-term-damage-eu-relations/
Frost and Johnson test Šefčovič’s ‘Mr Nice Guy’ act to destruction | John Crace: EU’s Brexit commissioner is conciliatory over Northern Ireland but patience is ...
theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/13/frost-and-johnson-test-sefcovics-mr-nice-guy-act-to-destruction
Ireland to fund Erasmus scheme for Northern Irish students: Boris Johnson had said the UK would no longer participate in the exchange program.
politico.eu/article/ireland-fund-erasmus-northern-irish-students/
On Brexit’s sixth birthday, the DUP has come back to haunt Boris Johnson: Boris Johnson visited Northern Ireland last month (Photo by Liam McBurney - Pool/Getty ...
cityam.com/on-brexits-sixth-birthday-the-dup-has-come-back-to-haunt-boris-johnson/
Quick Glance: Six years later, the biggest legacy of Brexit is the lies that will outlive Boris Johnson.
- Johnson isn't the only one who lies.
- When pressed last week to name the benefits of Brexit, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng ignored the economy entirely, instead suggesting that it enabled Britain respond quickly to the situation in Ukraine.) But we need someone to tell the truth about Brexit.
- It's soothing to tell ourselves that Johnson is the source of the lies and that getting rid of him is the remedy.
- The only way to restore political integrity is to tell the truth about Brexit.
UK's Frost welcomes EU move on N.Ireland, says big gap remains: Britain's Brexit minister David Frost said on Friday the European Union had made encouraging ...
reuters.com/world/uk/uks-frost-says-eu-must-concede-more-brexit-2021-10-15/
'It's two steps forward, 10 steps back:' Brexit, shifting demographics and familiar tensions stoke divisions in Northern Ireland
cnn.com/2021/07/11/uk/belfast-northern-ireland-tensions-intl-gbr-cmd/
Brexit threats not helpful in solving N.Ireland problems, says EU: The European Union warned Britain on Sunday that triggering a safeguard clause in its Brexit ...
reuters.com/world/uk/brexit-threats-not-helpful-solving-nireland-problems-says-eu-2021-09-26/
Opinion | Northern Ireland Is Coming to an End: It might not even last another decade.
nytimes.com/2021/06/30/opinion/northern-ireland-centenary.html
Northern Ireland unrest: why has violence broken out?: Rioting has spilled on to streets in pockets of unionist areas in Derry, Belfast and towns in County ...
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/08/northern-ireland-unrest-why-violence-broken-out
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