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Finn McRedmond: Britain’s narrow stereotype of the Irish could not make sense of Leo Varadkar
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Eamon Quinn: Varadkar had enormous tax resources to fight three economic crises since 2017
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Eamon Quinn: Varadkar had enormous tax resources to fight three economic ...
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Zelenskyy thanks Varadkar for Ireland's 'important support' during phone call
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London ‘reluctance’ to work with State hampering Stormont restoration efforts, says Varadkar
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London ‘reluctance’ to work with State hampering Stormont restoration ...
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Mistakes were made on all sides in handling of Brexit, says Varadkar: Post-Brexit protocol ‘too strict’, Taoiseach says, as he promises ‘flexibility’
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Mistakes were made on all sides in handling of Brexit, says Varadkar
Quick Glance: Leo Varadkar teases compromise on Brexit Northern Ireland accord
  • The return of the Irish Prime Minister claims that the Brexit arrangement was too restrictive.

  • Leo Varadkar was instrumental in forging the Northern Ireland accord.

  • Leo Varadkar, who took over as Taoiseach for the second time last month, said he understood why the Northern Ireland protocol made unionists feel less British.

  • "Again, I look forward to travelling to Northern Ireland early in the new year, meeting with all the parties, and reaching out to all parties and all communities in an effort"
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Irish PM sees no 'red flags' in UK's Northern Ireland trade proposals: Ireland plans to study the details of proposed changes to post-Brexit trading rules for ...
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Irish PM sees no 'red flags' in UK's Northern Ireland trade proposals
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Taoiseach says there are no 'red flags' in deal to end post-Brexit checks between North and Britain
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Taoiseach says there are no 'red flags' in deal to end ...
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Some billionaires on paper are actually ‘fur coat and no knickers’, Varadkar tells Dáil
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Some billionaires on paper are actually ‘fur coat and no knickers’ ...
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Finn McRedmond: Leo Varadkar has opened a route out of the Brexit quagmire: The admission that mistakes have been made on all sides was an act of realpolitk of ...
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Finn McRedmond: Leo Varadkar has opened a route out of the Brexit quagmire
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Irish PM says EU-UK over Northern Ireland Protocol is 'close': Talks between the UK and the European Union are intensifying this weekend as both sides ...
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Irish PM says EU-UK over Northern Ireland Protocol is 'close'
Quick Glance: Tesco is praised for its "white envelope" scheme, which customers can use in any store.
  • Tesco is urging customers to request "a white envelope" whenever possible.

  • "To combat period poverty, Tesco want to ensure everyone has access to sanitary products." the signs say.

  • "Is this true about asking for a "White envelope" for sanitary products?" they asked.

  • According to a 2022 Action Aid survey, approximately one in every eight women (12%) in the UK suffers from period poverty.
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Bertie Ahern back from the political wilderness: Whether or not Bertie Ahern does consider running for Áras an Uachtaráin, his place in history is secure ...
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Bertie Ahern back from the political wilderness
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Disinterest in Northern Ireland makes Varadkar the perfect figure to reset protocol message
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Disinterest in Northern Ireland makes Varadkar the perfect figure to reset ...
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Benefits of political stability may now trump desire for change: Stephen Collins: Brexit fiasco in the UK has put a serious dent in the notion that radical ...
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Benefits of political stability may now trump desire for change
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Issues facing the British political system have 'flowed' from Brexit, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said following the resignation of Liz Truss ... Show more

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Taoiseach detects ‘genuine wish’ from Truss to resolve protocol dispute: Micheal Martin said there was a need for the EU and UK to now enter a process to ...
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Taoiseach detects ‘genuine wish’ from Truss to resolve protocol dispute
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has welcomed comments made by prominent pro-Brexit minister Steve Baker, in which he apologised for the negative effect his ... Show more

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Ireland and United Kingdom must move beyond dispute and begin a new phase of relationship - Taoiseach
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Ireland and United Kingdom must move beyond dispute and begin a new phase ...
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EU showing ‘flexibility’ in proposal to reduce Northern Ireland checks to a ‘couple of lorries a day’, Taoiseach says
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EU showing ‘flexibility’ in proposal to reduce Northern Ireland checks to ...
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin characterised the decision of the British government to take unilateral action on the Protocol as a "new low" in relations between ... Show more

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‘Difficult to comprehend’ why Stormont being prevented from meeting, says Martin: Unilateral move on NI protocol could endanger wider Brexit trade deal ...
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Debris of NI protocol must be cleared for Stormont to return, says Donaldson: DUP leader also calls on Brussels to ‘loosen the guide ropes’ for its negotiating ...
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Debris of NI protocol must be cleared for Stormont to return ...
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DUP not interested in ‘sticking plaster’ approach to NI Protocol: Donaldson: Mr Donaldson said: “We spelled it out very clearly to him the problems with the ...
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DUP not interested in ‘sticking plaster’ approach to NI Protocol: ...
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"Economic vandalism": Ireland's prime minister warns of economic consequences if Northern Ireland protocol is broken
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Taoiseach to travel to Belfast in effort to break deadlock on Northern Ireland protocol
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Taoiseach to travel to Belfast in effort to break deadlock on Northern ...
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Taoiseach appeals to Boris Johnson to pull back from unilateral action on Northern Ireland protocol
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Taoiseach appeals to Boris Johnson to pull back from unilateral action on ...
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France and Ireland see 'window' to resolve post-Brexit dispute with UK: French President Emmanuel Macron and Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin believe there is ...
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France and Ireland see 'window' to resolve post-Brexit dispute with UK
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Varadkar sidesteps united Ireland question at Davos amid NI protocol talks: Davos 2023: Taoiseach said protocol talks at a ‘sensitive point’
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Varadkar sidesteps united Ireland question at Davos amid NI protocol talks
Quick Glance: Irish Prime Minister Optimistic About Post-Brexit Trade Talks — But "We're Not There Yet"
  • "I think certainly Prime Minister [Rishi] Sunak and the British government seem to be very serious about coming to an agreement and settling this issue."

  • More constructive Brexit talks between the UK and the EU are begun, according to Ireland's finance minister.

  • This comes after months of negotiations to resolve a severe political issue over the Northern Ireland protocol, which is part of the post-Brexit trading arrangement that involves checks on some products entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom.

  • Last week, Varadkar expressed optimism that a protocol deal could be reached and relations with Northern Ireland's political groups might be repaired.
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Taoiseach hits out at 'uneducated' calls for carbon tax increases to be quashed
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Taoiseach hits out at 'uneducated' calls for carbon tax ...
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Leo Varadkar (belatedly) admits his Brexit mistakes: They say time can be a great healer. And, in the case of Leo Varadkar, it seems that even the most festering ...
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Leo Varadkar (belatedly) admits his Brexit mistakes
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'I'm not here to lecture Boris Johnson': Taoiseach meets British PM amid growing crisis 
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'I'm not here to lecture Boris Johnson': Taoiseach meets ...
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Ireland needs to 'reflect' on military neutrality — Taoiseach: Micheál Martin said Ireland needed an 'informed, evidence-based approach' to deciding on ...
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Ireland needs to 'reflect' on military neutrality — Taoiseach
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Interview with the Irish Prime Minister: Micheál Martin on Brexit, a possible reunification of Ireland and the right way to deal with autocrats.
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Interview with the Irish Prime Minister
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Lower-income households may be targeted in cost-of-living package: Taoiseach rules out mini-budget to respond to rising cost of living
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Lower-income households may be targeted in cost-of-living package
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Loyalists haven’t got a clue about the Protocol, Bertie Ahern says: Loyalists haven’t got a clue about the Protocol, Bertie Ahern says
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Loyalists haven’t got a clue about the Protocol, Bertie Ahern says
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Angry fishermen have sailed through the night to deliver a blunt message to Taoiseach Micheál Martin — "the industry is dying" ...

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Taoiseach signals Biden’s resolute support for Belfast Agreement: Martin cautions Britain on suspending NI protocol, that ‘good faith’ response required
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Taoiseach signals Biden’s resolute support for Belfast Agreement
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Johnson threatens Taoiseach he will trigger Article 16 if Brexit row not solved: In the most direct threat yet from Downing Street, Mr Johnson left Mr Martin in ...
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Johnson threatens Taoiseach he will trigger Article 16 if Brexit row not ...
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Supply chain disruption in UK as Taoiseach warns Brexit fallout is 'yet to come': Supply chain disruption in UK as Taoiseach warns Brexit fallout is 'yet to ...
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Supply chain disruption in UK as Taoiseach warns Brexit fallout is 'yet to ...
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Brexit: There has been ‘dialing down’ of article 16 threats , Taoiseach says: Johnson eager for a resolution but was taking a circuitous route, Martin says
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Brexit: There has been ‘dialing down’ of article 16 threats ...
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Cop26 must be about action, not rhetoric, warns Micheál Martin as crucial climate summit begins
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Cop26 must be about action, not rhetoric, warns Micheál Martin as crucial ...
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Martin says strong European response required to Hungarian legislation: EU should agree to extend NI chilled meat importation grace period, he says
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Martin says strong European response required to Hungarian legislation
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Aoife Moore: Analytical Cork man gives bombastic Boris a lesson in diplomacy: As a former teacher, the Taoiseach has plenty of experience dealing with class ...
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Aoife Moore: Analytical Cork man gives bombastic Boris a lesson in ...
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Taoiseach warns against ditching Brexit deal: BORIS Johnson’s plans to unilaterally ditch the post-Brexit deal with the European Union would be a “historic low ...
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Taoiseach warns against ditching Brexit deal
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Brexit talks with Johnson about ‘sausages getting to NI’ not ECJ, says Martin: DUP leader says EU proposals on protocol ‘fall short of what is needed’
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Brexit talks with Johnson about ‘sausages getting to NI’ not ECJ ...
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Fishermen to march on Taoiseach’s Cork office over Brexit deal and fish quota: Brexit deal on fisheries will cost Irish fishing 4,000 jobs , fishermen warn
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Fishermen to march on Taoiseach’s Cork office over Brexit deal and fish ...
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Up to 50 trawlers protest against Brexit fishing quotas at Cork Harbour: Fishermen to march to Taoiseach’s Cork city office calling for fairer access to waters
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Up to 50 trawlers protest against Brexit fishing quotas at Cork Harbour
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‘We will not let you down’ on Brexit, Macron tells Ireland: Britain and the European Union can sensibly solve issues over Northern Ireland's post-Brexit ...
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‘We will not let you down’ on Brexit, Macron tells Ireland
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'The baton must pass on now': New call for Micheál Martin to step down : 'The baton must pass on now': New call for Micheál Martin to step down 
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'The baton must pass on now': New call for Micheál Martin to step down 
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Taoiseach calls for ‘reset’ of UK-EU relations to solve Brexit issues: Relationship deteriorated further due to EU’s brief suspension of NI Protocol in row over ...
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Taoiseach calls for ‘reset’ of UK-EU relations to solve Brexit issues
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US-Ireland relationship still strong, says Kamala Harris: Vice-president hosts Taoiseach Micheál Martin at virtual meeting in the White House
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US-Ireland relationship still strong, says Kamala Harris
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Taoiseach to meet Boris Johnson tomorrow over Northern Ireland protocol tensions: Taoiseach Micheál Martin is meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...
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Taoiseach to meet Boris Johnson tomorrow over Northern Ireland protocol ...
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Brexit: Von der Leyen says EU and UK’s positions remain ‘apart’: EU official says ‘probability of no deal is higher than of a deal’ as Sunday deadline approaches
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Brexit: Von der Leyen says EU and UK’s positions remain ‘apart’
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Irish fishing industry will be disappointed by Brexit deal, Taoiseach says: Irish reaction: Martin describes EU-UK deal as ‘the least bad version of Brexit ...
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Irish fishing industry will be disappointed by Brexit deal, Taoiseach says
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The Irish Times view on the Brexit deal: The terms of a pointless divorce: As Taoiseach Micheál Martin says, the deal represents the “least bad version of ...
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The Irish Times view on the Brexit deal: The terms of a pointless divorce
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Ireland welcomes EU reversal on triggering Brexit clause: Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin welcomed a decision by the European Union executive not to invoke ...
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Ireland welcomes EU reversal on triggering Brexit clause
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'Firm and strong' EU response expected - Taoiseach Martin: Taoiseach Micheál Martin cautioned the UK government over "playing politics" with ...
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'Firm and strong' EU response expected - Taoiseach Martin
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U.S. support key to post-Brexit stability, Ireland's Martin says before Biden summit
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Northern Ireland protocol should be implemented ‘sensitively’, says Taoiseach: Micheál Martin says there is ‘no excuse for violence or illegality’ in Brexit ...
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Northern Ireland protocol should be implemented ‘sensitively’ ...
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Taoiseach warns UK extension of Brexit protocol grace period would be ‘problematic’
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Taoiseach warns UK extension of Brexit protocol grace period would be ...
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We will go 'as fast as possible' in lifting Covid restrictions, says Micheál Martin
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We will go 'as fast as possible' in lifting Covid restrictions ...
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Brexit trade deal is more likely than less likely, Taoiseach says: Brexit trade deal is more likely than less likely, Taoiseach says
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Brexit trade deal is more likely than less likely, Taoiseach says
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"Don't leave it to Christmas Eve this year."

Irish PM Micheál Martin tells the BBC there is "serious intent" in the EU to solve post-Brexit ...