Derry Women's Centre 'devastated' at job losses caused by EU funding cuts caused by Brexit
02/04/2023
AN organisation helping women access jobs and education in the north-west has said it is "devastated" after a failure by the British government to fully replace EU funding forced it to cut six of its staff.
Incoming PM tells parliament he will ‘bring back billions of euros’ of EU funds, as MPs prepare to confirm his candidacy.
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.
The European Commission has made a decision to allocate more than two billion euros from the Brexit adaptation reserve to 12 member states, of which Estonia stands to receive altogether 5.2 million euros to mitigate the negative effects of the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.
The European Council on Tuesday approved a 5 billion-euro ($5.8 billion) reserve aimed at helping EU businesses tackle the short-term effects of Brexit.
A 20 million euro scheme to support the Irish aquaculture sector affected by Brexit has been approved by the European Commission under EU State aid rules.
More than 100 grants previously approved for applicants in Britain have been scrapped amid a continuing dispute over the UK’s refusal to fully implement trade arrangements made when the country left the European Union.
Move would allow members to draw on emergency fund for floods, fires and earthquakes.
An EU fund, which was ended due to Brexit, provided "wide-ranging support" to marginalised people, a report has found.
A delayed multi-million pound bypass project partly paid for by EU funds has been hit by rising costs due to Brexit and the pandemic, councillors in Gwynedd have been told.
The UK may have officially left the European Union in 2020 but Brexit is still making headlines. / And for some community organisations in Northern Ireland, it has left them in funding limbo.
The most vulnerable people in society will suffer if community services lose funding at the end of March, organisations have warned. / Money from the European Social Fund (ESF) is due to stop on 31 March as a result of Brexit.
Community organisations in Northern Ireland have put 400 workers on notice of redundancy due to a lack of funding.
Organisations who help people with disabilities to work warned as far back as 2019 there was a "lack of detail" about what would replace EU funding.
Northern Ireland's five main political parties have sent a joint letter to the UK government urging it to fully replace EU funds which were lost after Brexit.
EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan ‘satisfied’ Brussels can provide aid in ‘any exceptional circumstances’.
EU prepares huge aid package for Ireland
22/07/2019
The European Commission is drawing up a multibillion-pound aid package for Ireland to offset the economic damage of a no-deal Brexit, The Times understands.
Brexit Secretary had warned Ireland would suffer more than UK.
In total, European Commission has pledged €232M to help contain coronavirus outbreak, as Italy becomes an infection hotspot.
The need for the UK to join a €95bn EU science research programme is a top priority for Cambridge University, the BBC has been told.
Members of the European Parliament are expected to approve a grant of tens of millions of pounds, to help UK areas stricken by flooding.
EU subsidy loss 'could wipe out farms'
09/07/2019
With three months to go before the UK could leave the European Union (EU), farmers say they still face uncertainty about future subsidy levels. / "We could be wiped out like the coal industry."
The European Union will allocate a total of €5 billion until 2025 to all countries and companies that have been affected by the UK’s withdrawal agreement, the European Parliament has confirmed through a statement.
EU unveils plan to dedicate a quarter of its budget fighting climate change with €1 trillion 'green deal'
15/01/2020
Brussels also plans 'Just Transition Mechanism' to regenerate coal mining and oil regions after transition.