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Simon Coveney also warns no deal is more likely than ever. / Ireland’s foreign minister has blasted the “inaccurate” discussion of Brexit taking place during the Conservative leadership contest.
Irish cabinet ministers will meet on Tuesday to hear of the “dire” consequences of a no-deal Brexit on Ireland and the all-Ireland economy.
Brexit Secretary had warned Ireland would suffer more than UK.
Tánaiste says it is like saying ‘give me what I want or I’m going to burn the house down’.
Simon Coveney says British prime minister’s Commons statements ‘very unhelpful’.
A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael Gove has said.
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that Ireland would not be carrying out bilateral negotiations with the UK in relation to no-deal Brexit planning.
Britain has not yet presented any solutions to solve the Brexit impasse, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament substantial progress was being made in the negotiations.
Simon Coveney dampens hopes that Boris Johnson’s border proposal is a game-changer.
'We are not close to a deal': Ireland's deputy prime minister rubbishes Johnson 'spin' Brexit progress being made
20/09/2019
There is a 'wide gap' between solutions UK government is proposing and what the EU will be able to support, says Coveney.
Report cites leaked proposals for clearance areas 5-10 miles from border and real-time tracking of goods.
Downing Street beats a hasty retreat after leak shows backsliding on Good Friday Agreement pledges. / There is near-unanimous political outrage in Ireland over a leaked British government plan to throw up a “buffer zone” with customs posts on the Irish border. Parties across the political spectrum branded it “out of the question”.
'Not even close': Boris Johnson's Brexit border plan rejected by Ireland before he even announces it
02/10/2019
'It doesn’t look like the basis of an agreement, that’s for sure'.
'Not fit for purpose': Ireland says it 'cannot possibly' support Boris Johnson's Brexit plan
03/10/2019
Ireland's deputy prime minister has said his country "cannot possibly" support Boris Johnson's Brexit plan, and encouraged the UK to come back with something "fit for purpose".
‘Not even remotely acceptable’: European parliament says it will veto Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan
03/10/2019
Parliament Brexit chief says proposal is ‘mainly a repackaging of the bad ideas that have already been floated in the past’.
Donald Tusk responds to claims by No 10 source that EU is willing to ‘torpedo the Good Friday agreement’.
Finnish prime minister who chairs EU council says ‘no practical or legal’ way to get a deal before meeting.
The Tánaiste has raised concerns about the "citizenship and identity provisions" of the Good Friday Agreement after a Northern Irish woman lost a challenge by the British Home Office on its ruling that she is British by birth.
EU to send Boris Johnson back to MPs empty-handed if he does not agree to deal by midnight
15/10/2019
Michel Barnier tells EU ministers that British proposals so far aren't good enough.
Boris Johnson's #Brexit deal would require checks on goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland [1 min]
09/12/2019
Boris Johnson's #Brexit deal would require checks on goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland, with much more limited checks in the other direction, says Ireland's Deputy PM @simoncoveney.
British Prime Minister claimed over the weekend such checks would not be necessary.
One thing Johnson’s victory doesn’t change: he’s still lying about Ireland - Fintan O'Toole
15/12/2019
His false claims about the withdrawal agreement reveal an utter lack of interest in Brexit’s consequences for Belfast and Dublin.
Brussels prepares to restrict scope of talks in light of British PM’s ‘strange’ move.
The EU will not be rushed into a Brexit deal by Boris Johnson's deadline, Ireland's Simon Coveney says
12/01/2020
'We cannot continue to have crisis after crisis around the uncertainty and the brinksmanship of Brexit negotiations'
Tánaiste criticises ‘language of enemies’ in British media Brexit coverage.