Former MP says problem is not sausages but ‘porkies’ from Downing Street.
A no-deal Brexit could prompt a year-long upsurge in dissident republican violence in Northern Ireland, a senior police commander has said.
Earlier this week, a bus was burnt out in Newtownards in an attack politicians linked to loyalist opposition to the protocol.
The Chief Constable Simon Byrne has told Boris Johnson the PSNI will not police any customs checkpoints on the Northern Ireland border after Brexit.
Disorder has again broken out in Belfast during protests against the Brexit protocol.
Police holiday restricted amid fears Brexit could trigger terror attacks in Northern Ireland
15/10/2019
We've put arrangements in place to maximise our own ability to stand on our own two feet,' says assistant chief constable.
Police expect Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal to trigger loyalist protests in Northern Ireland
04/11/2020
Police in Northern Ireland are expecting Boris Johnson's Brexit agreement to trigger protests in Northern Ireland, MPs have been told.
Unionists criticised for ‘incendiary’ rhetoric as dozens of officers injured in days of unrest.
Northern Ireland customs worker re-homed after threat from loyalist paramilitary group as Brexit tensions rise
30/03/2021
The relocation of the Port of Larne worker and his family is believed to be the first following a death threat from terrorists since 2011
David Sterling’s comments come as report says 40,000 jobs are at risk in region.
No-deal Brexit is ‘fraught with risk’ and ‘everybody should be worried’, says former top civil servant
08/07/2019
‘Everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation,’ Philip Rycroft says in interview with BBC Panorama.
No-deal Brexit could lead to increased attacks on Northern Ireland police, country's top officer warns
22/08/2019
A no-deal Brexit could increase the risk of attacks on police officers in Northern Ireland, the head of the country's police force has said.
PSNI assistant chief constable George Clarke says no deal could be a "clarion call" for violent dissident republicans.
Loyalist paramilitaries probably played a role in organising protest rallies against the Northern Ireland Protocol this year, a police commander has said.
The government is facing fresh criticism over the Northern Ireland Protocol amid warnings it obstructs the "free movement" of the military.
NEW Chief Constable Simon Byrne has warned of the dangers a hard Brexit poses to the stability of Northern Ireland.
The Justice Minister Naomi Long has condemned those behind a hoax bomb threat at her constituency office.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) does not believe loyalist paramilitary groups, based on a current assessment, will break their 1994 ceasefires.
Simon Byrne says his officers could be killed if they had to patrol border checkpoints.
Simon Byrne said worst-case scenario would see farms going bust and potential unrest.
Everyone should worry about no deal, the civil servant who was, until March, head of the Brexit department has said.
‘Some sections of the community are starting to sense they are sitting on a powder keg’
The Agriculture Minister said he can ‘absolutely and totally stand over the decision to temporarily remove staff’ following reports of threats.
Police are monitoring "stress" and "growing discontent" within unionist communities over the Irish Sea border.
Molotov cocktails and barricades have returned to Northern Ireland. The conflict there is 4 centuries old. But Brexit is the new reason why the situation has reached the boiling point in what had been an era of peace.