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Foreign minister challenges Johnson’s claim about goods moving from Northern Ireland to Britain.
Cabinet office minister drops 'no compromise' stance, saying: 'If that is the price that we have to pay, then there we go'
Progress "has not been good" in negotiations to reach a post-Brexit trade deal, the Tánaiste (Irish deputy PM) has said.
Boris Johnson's Brexit Trade Deal Timetable 'Ambitious, If Not Unrealistic', Says Irish Deputy PM
12/01/2020
Simon Coveney says EU will not be rushed into signing an agreement.
Tánaiste criticises ‘language of enemies’ in British media Brexit coverage.
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'
Brussels prepares to restrict scope of talks in light of British PM’s ‘strange’ move.
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.
British Prime Minister claimed over the weekend such checks would not be necessary.
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.
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.
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.
Finnish prime minister who chairs EU council says ‘no practical or legal’ way to get a deal before meeting.
Donald Tusk responds to claims by No 10 source that EU is willing to ‘torpedo the Good Friday agreement’.
‘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’.
'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 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'.
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”.
Report cites leaked proposals for clearance areas 5-10 miles from border and real-time tracking of goods.
'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.
Simon Coveney dampens hopes that Boris Johnson’s border proposal is a game-changer.
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.
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.
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.