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Edwin Poots' proposals to increase minimum land area for post-Brexit agriculture payments could put many farmers 'out of business'
11/02/2022
PROPOSALS by Edwin Poots' department for post-Brexit support for agriculture could threaten the livelihood of hundreds of small farmers, according to the chair a Stormont committee.
Democratic Unionist party leader says prime minister made admission during private meeting last week.
Sinn Féin say they will veto a Stormont Executive move to make border checks unlawful as part of the NI Protocol.
Stormont coffers are more than £100m short as a direct result of Brexit, according to Finance Minister Conor Murphy.
Northern Ireland could face 'instability and uncertainty' if deal is renegotiated, top EU official warns
10/09/2021
Northern Ireland could see "instability, uncertainty and unpredictability" if there is an attempt to renegotiate the post-Brexit agreement, the European Commission's vice president has warned.
Brussels says renegotiation UK is suggesting will mean more instability for the region.
DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party will seek to block checks at Northern Ireland's ports under the Brexit deal - and if his demands aren't met, the unionists will walk away from Stormont.
Brexit minister Lord Frost has blamed negotiators under Theresa May as being responsible to a “very large degree” for issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Stormont to pay compensation to contractors after DUP halts post-Brexit construction work at NI ports
12/06/2021
A Stormont department is paying compensation to building contractors because of the decision to stop work on permanent inspection facilities at Northern Ireland's ports, it has emerged.
LOCAL MLA Jemma Dolan, has tabled a motion at the Assembly calling for the government to take action and remove what has been branded the “Brexit credit card rip-off”.
A Northern Ireland minister has threatened legal action against the UK and the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Foster says she will stand aside as DUP leader on 28 May and as first minister a month later
A majority of people on both sides of the Irish border believes Northern Ireland will have left the UK within 25 years, a poll suggests.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced calls to bring the parties together for talks after a bus was hijacked and torched in Belfast.
The Stormont Assembly is set to be recalled for an emergency debate following days of violence and disorder in parts of Northern Ireland.
DUP members threaten to bring down Northern Ireland government if Brexit deal is not scrapped
14/02/2021
Party leadership urges Boris Johnson to trigger Article 16.
UUP MLA Doug Beattie was the sole unionist representative in attendance.
Hauliers in Northern Ireland have raised concerns about the competence of newly-trained customs agents offering advice to businesses.
NI secretary 'like emperor with no clothes'
19/01/2021
Stormont's agriculture minister has hit back at a claim by the NI secretary that trade disruption across the Irish Sea is due to Covid-19 and not Brexit.
The Stormont minister whose officials are responsible for the new Irish Sea border has said some food will be unavailable if changes are not made.
DUP should make NI government ‘unworkable’ until Irish Sea border removed, says loyalist activist
06/01/2021
NI executive relies on power-sharing between parties.
Scottish and Northern Irish parliaments condemn deal in symbolic votes as Westminster backs it
Senedd members have rejected a post-Brexit law on trade in the UK after claims it would "neuter" devolution.
The EU's chief negotiator has told MEPs that negotiations on a post-Brexit deal could continue until Wednesday but no further.