"It represents a form of economic vandalism on Northern Ireland" - Taoiseach Micheál Martin [2 mins]
19/06/2022
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says legislation that has been published on the Northern Ireland Protocol "would effectively be very damaging to the NI economy".
'European Commission Maros Sefcovic has told @michaelgove that sweeping changes to the Protocol will not be possible ... require the UK for its part to implement the terms'
10/02/2021
European Commission Maros Sefcovic has told @michaelgove that sweeping changes to the Protocol will not be possible, and that any flexibilities require the UK for its part to implement the terms of last December's NI Protocol.
'We need to suspend accepting orders... to NI... just don’t have the resources to undertake the paperwork' - The Ethical Dairy
25/01/2021
'Sadly we need to suspend accepting orders for delivery to Northern Ireland with immediate effect. We know this will be disappointing for our NI customers. We just don’t have the resources to undertake the paperwork required. We are so sorry.'
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??
EU will have an office in Northern Ireland from Jan 1, source confirms. / A British cave after months of insisting no EU feet on the ground.
'We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit' - Joe Biden
16/09/2020
"We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit. Any trade deal between the U.S. and U.K. must be contingent upon respect for the Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border. Period."
"Lots of requests for a step-by-step explanation of Johnson's plans to breach Protocol on Irish border. No problem." - Michael Dougan
13/09/2020
Lots of requests for a step-by-step explanation of Johnson's plans to breach Protocol on Irish border. / No problem. And by the end, you'll understand why this man is totally unfit to hold public office.
'this Commission summary of what businesses need to prepare for under Tories' "Great Brexit Deal" acts as a very effective lie detector' - Prof. Dougan
28/07/2020
Every time Johnson Government waffles on about NI's integral place in UK Internal Market and guarantee of unfettered trade with Great Britain, this Commission summary of what businesses need to prepare for under Tories' "Great Brexit Deal" acts as a very effective lie detector.
A formal division was not required as there were no dissenting votes.
'Get Brexit done is the biggest delusion of all' - Michael Heseltine launches scathing attack on Boris Johnson.
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.
The UK has proposed the creation of a string of customs posts along both sides of the Irish border ... RTÉ News
30/09/2019
The UK has proposed the creation of a string of customs posts along both sides of the Irish border as part of its effort to replace the #brexit backstop, RTÉ News understands.
A no-deal Brexit will mean checks somewhere on goods travelling across the Irish border and a change of UK leadership won't change things. "Realities do not change. This is not a personality based issue"
US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the prospect of a post-Brexit US-UK trade deal rests on maintaining the Good Friday Agreement.