A leading dairy co-operative has warned that a no-deal Brexit would "wipe out" profitability in the dairy sector.
A week after he addressed the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan has said there has been an increase in community tension over the NI protocol.
A leading dairy co-operative has warned that a no-deal Brexit would "wipe out" profitability in the dairy sector.
Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.
Irish Justice Minister says UK's actions over Brexit have 'damaged trust' with Ireland [7 mins]
13/09/2020
Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee says the UK's actions over Brexit have set talks back and "damaged trust" between Britain and Ireland. / She told Sophy Ridge it is "simply not the case" that the EU has threatened to block food supplies between Northem Ireland and Great Britain and bring in a full scale trade border down the Irish Sea.
‘If the UK moves forward with this Internal Market Bill… there will be no US-UK trade deal – period’ – Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle [3 mins]
09/11/2020
We spoke to Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle, who sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which is responsible for international trade agreements.
One Month on the Shankill: Inside Belfast's loyalist community after NI's worst violence in years
14/07/2021
One Month on the Shankill: Watch an extended eyewitness report as ITV News gains access to the Shankill Road loyalist community following the recent violence, as tensions rise over the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol.
Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, Anglo-Irish relations had gone from strength to strength. But then came Brexit.
How will Brexit affect the Irish Border? Professor Michael Dougan explains the key issues
29/03/2017
Liverpool Law School‘s Professor Michael Dougan considers the outstanding legal issues surrounding Ireland and Northern Ireland ... “Northern Ireland risks becoming the primary victim of the UK government’s hardline approach to implementing the result of the 2016 referendum.”
Trade will be ‘day-to day struggle’ after Brexit is completed, MPs told in grim industry forecast
30/09/2020
Inquiry hears of massive extra costs, a mountain of red tape, shrinking investment and chemicals ‘disappearing’ from UK market.
Northern Ireland violence ‘final warning’ to improve relations with EU, says William Hague [1 min]
14/04/2021
Ex-Tory leader says some Brexiteers dismissed province as ‘inconvenient detail’.
Boris Johnson is facing a growing rebellion among senior Conservatives over his controversial Internal Market Bill - while former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major urged MPs to reject it, saying it risked putting the Irish peace process, trade negotiations and the UK's integrity at peril.
Irish TV host tears up as she lists Troubles victims from this day in history to warn of hard border return
12/02/2019
Claire Byrne offers poignant reminder to negotiators that 'we can never allow a return to violence'.
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said the UK government is behaving in an "extraordinary way" over Brexit.
Panelists discuss the ongoing challenges in the post-Brexit process, the prospects that Northern Ireland and Scotland could leave the United Kingdom via referendums, and the possible implications for U.S. foreign policy in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Pelosi warns US will not strike Brexit trade deal with UK if Good Friday Agreement is undermined
16/04/2019
Speaker of the US House of Representatives says peace treaty could not be 'bargained away in another agreement'. / Nancy Pelosi has said there will be no chance of a US trade deal with the UK if the Good Friday Agreement is undermined by Brexit.
Northern Irish judge to consider granting immediate injunction to block Boris Johnson's plans [3 mins]
29/08/2019
The lord chief justice in Northern Ireland will tomorrow consider granting an immediate injunction to block the suspension of parliament.
Select committee raises the question of Sinn Féin refusing to enter power sharing if the Northern Ireland protocol is ditched.
Richard Neal says US is a ‘guarantor’ of agreement and will not see it compromised.
Watch: All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit
15/02/2019
The fifth plenary session of the All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit is taking place at Dublin Castle. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will be among the speakers.
Theresa May: Northern Ireland protocol bill will ‘diminish UK in eyes of the world’ – video [1 min]
27/06/2022
Speaking in the Commons, Theresa May told MPs that the government's proposals to modify the Northern Ireland protocol would 'diminish' the UK's standing in the world and she 'cannot support it'. The bill proposed by the government, she said, is not 'legal in international law'.
The EU's former chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, says changes the UK wants to make to the Northern Ireland protocol have caused him to lose trust because what is at stake is not goods or trade but peace.
Gove says NI now have the best of both worlds as they’ve unfettered access to EU Single Market & UK Single Market. Hold on... this... is... what we had in 2016
08/12/2020
Gove says NI now have the best of both worlds as they’ve unfettered access to EU Single Market & UK Single Market. / Hold on. This “best of both worlds” scenario is exactly what we had in 2016. So WTF have we just burned £200bn on Brexit for? Some fish??
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has admitted Brexit has caused "big disruption" in N Ireland.