'I’ve always been proud to be of Irish heritage but I never thought I’d have to rely on it for proper access to the EU' / The Brexit vote has led to a surge in applications for Irish citizenship - with one Post Office in Belfast saying it is unable to cope with demand.
Hardline Brexiteers have been accused of “jeopardising” peace in Northern Ireland after they made dramatic claims the Good Friday Agreement was “not sustainable”. / Former Northern Ireland Secretary Lord Hain called Hoey’s intervention a “reckless slur”.
Almost 1,000 officers from rest of UK to start training to deal with trouble arising from hard border
A new grassroots activist group has been formed to campaign against borders being introduced in Ireland.
The German Foreign Minster has said Germany will not support any Brexit agreement that results in a hard border on the Island of Ireland. Heiko Maas was addressing a conference of Irish ambassadors and diplomatic mission chiefs in Dublin Castle.
Northern Ireland secretary ‘using peace process as bargaining tool’ over £300m linked to passing deal
11/01/2019
The Northern Ireland secretary has been accused of using the peace process as a “bargaining tool”, after linking a £300m grant to the passing of Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
Customs expert says extra costs and delays will harm small businesses and WTO rules would ‘kill UK farming’
Losing energy links to Europe after no-deal will cost UK more than £2bn every year, experts warn
18/01/2019
After string of nuclear power failures, leaving EU could compromise nation’s ability to share clean electricity with European nations.
NORTHERN Ireland will be issued with just 60 haulage permits to operate on the EU continent in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a freight body has warned.
Irish citizens in Northern Ireland could become “second class citizens” post-Brexit, a Belfast-based human rights organisation has warned.
Northern Ireland hauliers who service the island of Ireland fear they will be among the first to suffer if a hard Brexit takes place.
Deputy Frans Timmermans accuses Tory Brexiters of a ‘cavalier’ approach to peace. / Jean-Claude Juncker has told Theresa May in a private phone call that shifting her red lines in favour of a permanent customs union is the price she will need to pay for the EU revising the Irish backstop.
A new "hard" border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland could have dire economic consequences for both sides -- and reignite old feuds. Now Dublin is playing hardball with British negotiators.
No-deal Brexit will compromise ‘last line of defence’ for UK’s threatened habitats, campaigners warn
27/01/2019
Nation’s largest wetland among protected sites in danger, with European authorities able to intervene when other legal challenges have failed.
Irish backstop is already a compromise designed around British red lines, says Coveney.
The backstop element of the Brexit plan is "not going to change", Ireland's deputy prime minister has said.
Spokesperson says withdrawal agreement is still not up for renegotiation.
Brussels reiterates position minutes after Commons backed plan to replace Irish backstop.
Prime minister also warned that renegotiation would backfire on UK – by reopening controversies over Gibraltar, fishing and the Brexit 'divorce bill'.
Former prime ministers stress impact of leave vote on Irish and Scottish relations with UK after referendum
Brexit a ‘nightmare’ for Northern Irish business as MPs vote to remove Irish backstop from deal
30/01/2019
Companies have stopped investing in favour of holding onto cash in case it's needed after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
A resolution has been introduced in the US Congress opposing the return of a hard border on the island of Ireland.