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Irish troops could return to the border in the event of a botched Brexit, the Irish prime minister has warned.
A new "hard" border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland could have dire economic consequences for both sides -- and reignite old feuds. Now Dublin is playing hardball with British negotiators.
Irish backstop is already a compromise designed around British red lines, says Coveney.
Brexit Republic - Ep. 24
25/01/2019
Could a new House of Commons amendment put pressure back on Ireland over the backstop? What does no deal mean for a hard border? (Multiple choice). And how has Davos been tackling Brexit questions?
The backstop element of the Brexit plan is "not going to change", Ireland's deputy prime minister has said.
The 48% of Britons who voted Remain in the EU exit referendum last year need to be taken into account in the negotiation process which just got underway, said Polish MEP Danuta Hübner, the powerful chair of the European Parliament’s constitutional affairs committee.
Former prime ministers stress impact of leave vote on Irish and Scottish relations with UK after referendum
Brexit a ‘nightmare’ for Northern Irish business as MPs vote to remove Irish backstop from deal
30/01/2019
Companies have stopped investing in favour of holding onto cash in case it's needed after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
James O’Brien received support over his Brexit explanation on the Irish backstop from an unlikely source... Theresa May.
A resolution has been introduced in the US Congress opposing the return of a hard border on the island of Ireland.
Borderlands - Keeping the Peace
15/01/2019
An old conflict and a new Border: How Britain's exit from the European Union could threaten 20 years of peace in Northern Ireland.
With the threat of a hard border looming, we look at how Northern Ireland came to this.
"Not one of those things he promised us has been delivered. So I have seen no evidence that that man is capable of negotiating his way out of the tea room in the House of Commons, let alone us into the biggest market in the world." - Peter Kyle
Here's how Ireland's coalition government has remained so remarkably stable in the face of Brexit
04/02/2019
This is not just a tale of selfless cross-party unity in the face of a national crisis – it is also a strategic choice on the part of the country's two biggest parties.
The plan has brought some Tory unity, but Brussels believes it is unworkable.
Sabine Weyand, the EU's Deputy Brexit negotiator, gives her thoughts in a panel discussion on the Irish backstop, Theresa May's Brexit deal and the EU's future relationship with the UK.
Borderline Nationality Disorder
18/09/2013
An Irishman’s Diary about the Drummully Polyp.
In this week's Maphead, Ken Jennings explores a barely-there anomaly on the Irish border: the Drummully Polyp.