Northern Ireland committee members criticise Julian Smith over plans to require paperwork to move goods.

The circle that is still impossible to square. Either there is a border in the Irish Sea, or the UK remains in the Customs Union. Fin.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has admitted Brexit has caused "big disruption" in N Ireland.

A much bigger driver of the unity chatter is, of course, Brexit and the out-workings of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol, in particular the Irish sea border that Secretary of State Brandon Lewis denies exists.

"SIGNIFICANT problems" are unfolding on the Irish Sea trade border over exports from the rest of the UK as firms struggle to meet new rules, MPs have been told.

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.

Tory minister David Frost proposes plans for an entirely new Northern Ireland Protocol – "trashing" a deal he once triumphed.

“Senior EU officials in Brussels ... believe escalation in the form of a trade war — probably early in the new year — is now almost unavoidable,” Eurasia analysts have said.

A "safety and security" agreement removing the need for post-Brexit entry and exit declarations between Britain and the north of Ireland is needed, the freight industry said.

Almost 100,000 tree orders bound for Northern Ireland have been cancelled as a result of trade difficulties caused by the Irish Sea border.

Amazon has stopped selling wines, beers and spirits to its customers in Northern Ireland as it wrestles with new customs rules post-Brexit.

Amazon is preparing to remove some products for sale to NI customers as a result of the Irish Sea border.

The renewed tension in Northern Ireland could have far-reaching implications for the future of the United Kingdom - and post-Brexit relations with the EU.

Unionists feel worst ‘sense of hurt’ for 35 years, Loyalist Communities Council tells MPs.

One of the key architects of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has admitted it is damaging Northern Irish businesses and warned it may not be sustainable.

Northern Ireland’s first minister has paid the price for believing the promises of the hard Brexiteers.

The First Minister of Northern Ireland has faced mounting opposition from within her own party.

Foster says she will stand aside as DUP leader on 28 May and as first minister a month later

DUP leader says customs officials told her there would have to be checks at Irish Sea, contrary to Boris Johnson's promises.

Government poised to announce further extensions to post-Brexit ‘grace periods’ until at least the end of the year.

Memoirs of negotiations show how Brussels lost trust in Downing Street team.

EU negotiator signals future relationship negotiations are on course for acrimonious start.

Its publishers described it as an "industry-wide issue" amid uncertainty over arrangements for Northern Ireland post-Brexit.

Police are monitoring tensions at the peace wall gates at the Shankill Road and Lanark Way as fresh loyalist protests break out in parts of Northern Ireland.

For British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, rioting on the streets in Northern Ireland is a reminder that once the pandemic fades, the U.K. will have to face up to the long-term consequences of Brexit.

DOUGLAS Ross has condemned the "shocking" further violence on the streets of Belfast as he was quizzed about post-Brexit trading arrangements that have created economic barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

In a move rarely seen between allies, Washington issued London with a demarche: a formal diplomatic reprimand usually reserved for adversaries.

Tension within loyalist communities is greater than at any point since the ceasefires of 1994, the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) leader has said.

Former prime ministers urge MPs to reject legislation, saying it endangers Irish peace process.

Cabinet Office minister attacks refusal to adopt a ‘laissez-faire approach’ to border controls.

This week Dr Mike Galsworthy looks at the Brexit arrangements in the Irish Sea and the resulting outrage from parts of the Unionist community in Northern Ireland. ... taking a look at the future of UK Science, upcoming developments and our place in the world of science after Brexit.

‘He told a lie to the British public. Again he tells allies the UK word cannot be trusted,’ Labour MP alleges.

Boris Johnson could unveil legislation to override parts of the Brexit agreement he struck, tearing up the Northern Ireland Protocol which prevents a hard border with the Republic

Bid to break deadlock comes despite UK insisting ‘safety net’ was needed - whether talks succeeded or not.

As day two of G7 summit got underway, Johnson was quizzed about his relationship with former US president Donald Trump and the Northern Ireland protocol which governs the movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Boris Johnson’s plans to tear up post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland have come under fierce attack from Washington, with senior congressmen on both sides of the US political divide warning the “irresponsible” move is a threat to peace in the province.

Leaked details show officials have drawn up early feasibility studies for two bridges spanning the Irish Sea.

PM ‘perfectly understood’ impact of Irish Sea checks, says Theresa May’s chief of staff – and the EU knows it.

Boris Johnson has hinted he may not support a proposed deal over the Northern Ireland protocol from Rishi Sunak, heaping pressure on the prime minister to revive a controversial bill that would unilaterally override parts of the Brexit treaty.

The Prime Minister has been directly contradicting senior ministers who admit there will be the need for checks on goods passing into GB.

The Prime Minister, sounding for all the world as if the idea of the Northern Ireland border being a complicated thing had only just occurred to him, outlined a string of difficulties faced by people in the region since his "oven ready deal" came into force.

Johnson and prominent members of his ruling Conservative Party have publicly called for the scrapping or radical overhaul of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

‘How can we reproach other countries if their behaviour becomes reprehensible when we ourselves have such scant regard for the treaties we sign up to’, former Tory leader says

PM risks major confrontation with Joe Biden by persevering with internal market bill.

Labour said the PM had 'squandered' Unionists' trust as Northern Ireland Secretary admitted 'concerns' about the Brexit deal were among factors in the unrest.

Boris Johnson ‘shredding trust’ with three breaches of international law, former top diplomat warns.

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.

Hard-fought EU withdrawal legislation now needs only Royal Assent to become law, clearing path for Brexit on 31 January.

Lord Frost claimed he 'underestimated' the scale of problems in moving goods from Britain - while another minister said it's been 'more difficult than we anticipated'

The PM’s greatest ‘untruth’ was about the Northern Irish border – the honest route now is to let voters choose where it should be

Frans Timmermans said it was ‘extremely well-known in London’ that UK demand could not be met.

Lord Frost warns UK could walk away from elements of deal unless Brussels gives ground.

North’s economy will be closer to Republic’s in terms of rules, regulations and practices.

Senior Brexiteers endorsed the Prime Minister’s deal but some have now turned against it and want to see it replaced.

Not before time, Boris Johnson has resigned as leader of the UK’s Conservative Party. The Guardian reports that Johnson’s leadership “toppled under a wave of sleaze allegations and failure to tell the truth.” But his real scandal lies elsewhere — with Brexit.

Boris Johnson became prime minister on the promise that Brexit would bring prosperity and pride. Did it?

Dominic Cummings, the mastermind behind the 2016 U.K. vote to leave the European Union, said it would be a “disaster” if Prime Minister Boris Johnson suspended parts of the Brexit deal over trade in Northern Ireland.

Leaving the EU has hardened the divisions between the U.K.’s constituent nations and there’s a growing sense that things will come to a head.

Ian Davies said hauliers were switching to direct routes to Belfast and only time would tell if this was a blip or long term change.

Belfast high court rules checks on goods entering from Great Britain must continue pending review.

The UK has abandoned its attempt to strip EU judges of the power to oversee the Northern Ireland Protocol, in another Brexit climbdown.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that the Cabinet’s Brexit sub-committee met on Monday to “essentially dust down and restart contingency preparations” in case a trade war develops with the UK.

A united Ireland could emerge within the next 25 years given the "disaster" created by Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, a former British government cabinet minister has predicted.

Foreign minister challenges Johnson’s claim about goods moving from Northern Ireland to Britain.

Rishi Sunak insisted that his new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland addressed the concerns of unionists despite the “small and limited” role for European Union law and its court – while giving Belfast an “unbelievably special position”.

EU and UK negotiators reach a new Brexit agreement that would avoid a hard border.

UK government set to pitch extension of ‘grace periods’ rather than triggering Article 16.

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.

New health certification requirements for food and drink exports to Britain have the potential to seriously disrupt trade across the Irish Sea.

Economic advantages of NI’s new trading arrangement overlooked by rejectionist rhetoric.

As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to depart Downing Street, tossed from office by his own party, his legacy — the opening lines of his eventual obituary — will call him the man who “got Brexit done.” / So how is that going? What can be said about the post-Brexit Britain that Johnson is leaving behind?

Holyhead and Fishguard ports saw a 30% drop in traffic in 2021, according to its operator Stena Line. / Ian Davies, boss of Stena's UK ports, said it was down to the new post-Brexit trading relationship with the European Union rather than the pandemic.

Irish reunification may have seemed impossible in recent years - but one analyst believes Brexit has advanced the cause. / Brexit has arguably torn one country apart, but could it soon bring two together? Despite a troubled history between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, a new power-sharing agreement in Stormont may have significantly shifted the goalposts.

The Brexit bills are starting to fall due for Boris Johnson just as the U.K. prime minister seeks to cast himself as a global statesman leading the Group of Seven’s fight to defeat Covid-19.

The former prime minister’s hollow catchphrase captured a fundamental truth—just not the one she thought it did.

Lord Frost said the deal that he negotiated had "begun to come apart even more quickly than we feared"

First Minister says issues about symbolism and practicality.

The end of the transition period late on New Year's Eve brought into force the different regulatory and customs arrangements to the rest of the UK.

Posters demanding “No Irish Sea Border”, “Scrap NI Protocol” and “EU Hands Off Ulster” cover much of the 35-km (20-mile) route, their opposition to the new trading arrangements emphasised by the flying of Britain’s Union Jack flag every few lampposts.

Food labelling laws – after leaving the EU – require food firms in Great Britain to have an European Union or Northern Ireland address, but many cannot afford the extra costs

Four hours of Brexit talks over Northern Ireland ended with 'no substantive agreement' - with the UK threatening to extend a sausage trading deadline while the EU threatened tariffs in return.

The spat over sausage trade with Northern Ireland risks dragging in US President Joe Biden - as the UK brands the EU's rules "nonsensical" while the EU warns of "swift, firm" retaliation.

'Just to be clear, exit summary declarations will be required in terms of NI to GB'

Business chiefs and economists say huge disruption lies ahead if Downing Street triggers Article 16.

For anyone who thought Brexit was done in 2020, the early signs are that it will, once virus woes settle, become Boris Johnson’s biggest headache. Again.

Ministers’ letter confirms border control posts at ports of Belfast, Warrenpoint and Larne.

There are good reasons to believe latest move is partly theatre, but there are hefty issues at stake.

One of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries has had to stop supplying plants to Northern Ireland after new Brexit restrictions came into force in January.

Dogmatic obsession means that Johnson won’t lift a finger to help Northern Ireland.

‘Time is short’ to avert clash over chilled meat exports to Northern Ireland, warns Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister.

Members of Northern Ireland's equine industry protested at Belfast docks on Thursday night over what they described as "a continuing Irish Sea border".

Sky's Paul Kelso writes that the prospect of removing checks in Northern Ireland highlights how trading with the EU has just got harder for the rest of the UK. / By luck or design the breakthrough in Northern Ireland, facilitated by the easing of customs controls, came on the same day that trade between the EU and the rest of the UK became a whole lot more complex and costly.

Northern Ireland will be the UK regional economy least impacted by Brexit, partially due to the NI Protocol, new analysis has suggested.

ALL regulatory animal-based food checks have been suspended at Belfast and Larne ports, Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) has said.

Police are monitoring "stress" and "growing discontent" within unionist communities over the Irish Sea border.

Responsibility for the Northern Ireland part of the Brexit deal lies "fairly and squarely with the UK government", a former top Stormont civil servant has said.

It is difficult to make sense of what Johnson’s Brexit government is doing, or trying to do, as regards the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP). I discussed the background in last week’s post, much of which remains relevant, but since then there have been daily, almost hourly, contradictory signals and reports.

Ministers are portraying themselves as victims of a deal they created for Northern Ireland. A classic blame-shifting strategy.

The British Labour party has accused Boris Johnson’s government of putting political stability in Northern Ireland at risk with its unilateral postponement of plans agreed with the European Union for post-Brexit checks on goods.

The prime minister seeks to game and inflame a state of mind that rejects complex reality in favour of symbols and fantasy.

Supermarkets to be given extended ‘grace period’ until at least October.

The EU has gone to the limits of what it can do to resolve the problems of post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland, the bloc’s ambassador to the UK has said.

EU sources fear Boris Johnson hasn’t yet got backing for compromises on state aid to business

Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic will seek to arrange talks with Brexit minister Lord Frost and his team to discuss the request.

Opposition to the arrangements that have created trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK was a factor behind rioting that flared in several loyalist areas across the region in April.

Northern Ireland businesses have told MPs they need an extension of "grace periods" for Irish Sea border checks.

Northern Ireland traders call for an extension to Brexit deal grace periods amid warnings they’re drowning in paperwork.

Which way do the political winds blow in Northern Ireland? The centennial of the decision to remain in the United Kingdom has been overshadowed by the infighting within the Democratic Unionist Party of the now outgoing First Minister Arlene Foster, pushed out by her own rank and file. We ask if that signals a further tack to the right for the Christian fundamentalist, pro-Brexit DUP...

Government confirms no delay, despite demands from businesses and farmers in Northern Ireland.

Staff from Stormont's agriculture department are to return to work at Northern Ireland's ports after they were stood down over safety concerns.

The NI Protocol means tobacco products sold in Northern Ireland must continue to bear EU health warnings.

CALLS to merge Pembrokeshire's ports from both sides of the Irish Sea have been branded as a potential 'catastrophe' while a local politician has said he will 'fight tooth and nail' for the port of Fishguard.

UK PM Boris Johnson had been wildly happy about his new EU exit deal; then he introduced a law undermining both it, and the last round of trade negotiations. Speaking with two former permanent secretaries of the UK’s EU exit department, Matt Ross asks whether Johnson is applying firm leverage – or deliberately sabotaging the trade talks.

So far Irish exporters, particularly those involved in the export of food products, live animals, animal products, plants, or plant products, have been immune to the full impact of Brexit.

The High Court intervened in the ongoing Brexit chaos in Northern Ireland this afternoon after a judge issued an interim order suspending a decision by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots to direct a stop to Brexit agri-food checks at Northern Ireland ports.

Former DUP Minister Edwin Poots unlawfully took a politically motivated decision in ordering a halt to Irish Sea border checks, the High Court ruled today.

The Taoiseach Micheal Martin has called for a fresh round of UK-EU talks on the Protocol rather than the UK taking unilateral action to change the post-Brexit deal.

Incident cited as one example of the ‘disastrous’ impact of new rules on goods crossing Irish Sea

Cross-border trade in Ireland has increased dramatically since the start of 2021, official data suggests.

Days after the Secretary of State declared “there is no Irish Sea border”, scores – and possibly hundreds – of products are disappearing from supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland because of that new border, the News Letter can reveal.

The pro-Brexit party’s February attempt to stop EU-required controls ‘was motivated by political rather than legal considerations.’

European media responded with shock and disbelief this morning after a minister in Northern Ireland ordered to end checks on food in his country and the UK declared it won’t do anything about it.

Diverting trade from Wales a ‘consequence of Brexit’, says Irish Foreign Minister.

European vice-president Maroš Šefčovič says claim about Brussels trying to erect barrier down Irish Sea undermines UK’s reputation

The creation of a dual regulatory system in Northern Ireland would create a series of reputational, legal and commercial risks for local businesses, the Government has been warned.

The creation of a dual regulatory system in Northern Ireland would create a series of reputational, legal and commercial risks for local businesses, the Government has been warned.

UUP MLA Doug Beattie was the sole unionist representative in attendance.

The UK Government’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis has indicated that he will not intervene after the controversial move by the devolved minister.

DUP minister Edwin Poots breached Brexit-imposed legal obligations by ordering a halt to Irish Sea border checks, the High Court has heard.

DUP Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has told the PA news agency he has ordered his officials to halt construction of permanent inspection facilities for post-Brexit checks on agri-food goods arriving from Britain.

MPs told of how Brexit bureaucracy leaves lorries stranded for hours without right paperwork.

NI executive relies on power-sharing between parties.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party will seek to block checks at Northern Ireland's ports under the Brexit deal - and if his demands aren't met, the unionists will walk away from Stormont.

Other parties in Northern Ireland’s unraveling administration say Boris Johnson doesn’t care whether power-sharing survives in Belfast.

THE economic impact of Brexit and food checks at the Irish Sea border will be examined by a new commission made up of business leaders, MPs and economists.

DUP leader under fire for rejecting EU offer that would remove 80% of protocol checks.

The Stormont minister whose officials are responsible for the new Irish Sea border has said some food will be unavailable if changes are not made.

A day at a frozen food transport firm in Northern Ireland exposes the obstacles to moving goods across the Irish Sea.

The timetable for the major new controls that have already been imposed and those that have been delayed

Northern Ireland, food prices, the ease of a deal - it turns out that many of the claims made by those advocating Brexit were not quite true...

Emmanuel Macron’s attack on UK’s failure to implement Brexit deal wrecks claims of G7 ‘harmony’.

The EU will later set out a range of proposals, including removing up to half of custom checks, in a bid to resolve the political stand-off over trade in Northern Ireland.

It comes after the UK extended grace periods until October to avoid red tape for goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland.

EU proposes the UK temporarily align on plant and animal rules to remove Irish Sea checks.

Maroš Šefčovič says Brussels will launch fresh legal action against UK over treaty obligations.

“This announcement has created uncertainty and unpredictability and certainly no stability, so I’m not sure what the purpose of this move is … it’s an absolute breach of international law," an EU official has said.

Ursula von der Leyen has expressed her "deep concern" on the implementation of post-Brexit agreements in a phone call to Boris Johnson.

Several large-scale smuggling incidents show that EU concerns over the operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol are not theoretical, it added.

Maroš Šefčovič says he is trying to iron out disruption to businesses caused by the protocol.

There will be border checks on trade inside the UK under the Brexit deal negotiated by Boris Johnson, the EU’s chief negotiator has said.

Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister criticised the UK Government’s approach to negotiations on the Irish Sea trade arrangements.

The European Union is expecting the UK to set out a road map detailing how it plans to fully implement the post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland in the “coming days”.

The European Commission expects permanent post-Brexit border control posts to be ready in Northern Ireland by the middle of this year.

The European Union is ready to consider tougher retaliatory measures if the U.K. government fails to implement its post-Brexit obligations over Northern Ireland, according to an EU official.

Trade bloc indicates desire to ease tensions with UK over alleged breach of protocol.

Brussels has launched legal action against the UK government after Boris Johnson announced he would renege on parts of the deal he signed last year. / Earlier this month the UK moved to unilaterally change parts of the deal to better suit British businesses – provoking anger on the other side of the channel.

The EU is not contemplating blocking food supplies to Northern Ireland, a representative of the country's largest supermarkets has said.

‘Grace period’ to exempt British food supplies from costly export health certificates to last only three months.

Group leaders have paused the ratification process amid the latest row

European capitals have lost trust, says Irish minister – as Keir Starmer accuses PM of ’wrecking ball’ approach.

Brussels says London must backtrack or both sides will go down ‘a much more confrontational’ path.

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator says the bloc is ready to act “firmly and resolutely” if the U.K. fails to honor its commitments under the divorce deal that was supposed to keep trade flowing after the Britain left the EU.

The EU says a UK move to unilaterally extend grace periods for Irish Sea border checks will be a breach of international law.

The EU is expected to launch legal action against the UK government on Wednesday over its decision to scrap some post-Brexit trade arrangements.

The EU has announced new legal action against the UK government over its plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.

UK could be fined by the European Court of Justice which - to the likely fury of Tory MPs – will retain the power if there is 'any backsliding'.

Lord Frost said on Wednesday that the UK was unilaterally extending "grace periods" designed to ease trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The European Commission says it's now working on 'infringement proceedings'

Checks on goods travelling across the Irish Sea should be cut to a “couple of lorries a day”, the EU’s chief negotiator on Brexit said today.

Michel Barnier adviser Stefaan De Rynck warns that EU "will not tolerate any backsliding or half measures" on PM's Brexit deal.

The European Union said on Friday that Britain had made no move to seek a compromise on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland and cautioned London against triggering emergency unilateral provisions in the Brexit deal.

A top European Union official said Wednesday that Britain could face retaliatory tariffs or other sanctions after talks failed to resolve an increasingly heated dispute over implementation of their post-Brexit trade deal in Northern Ireland.

‘It’s the British government essentially breaking the protocol – breaking their own commitments again’

John Cole explores the government's response to a petition calling for an enquiry into the impact of Brexit before it's debated in parliament.

The Guide Dog National Breeding Centre in England has had to stop sending pups to volunteers in the north as part of its specialist training programme.

HMRC document shows firms in Great Britain will be obliged to complete three types of electronic paperwork.

When the Brexit transition ends on 1 January there will be a new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

Warning of cross-Channel permits for only 2,088 businesses from January without a trade deal – a huge fall from 8,348.

Scotland's food and drink industry is warning of price rises and potential shortages when new Brexit rules on imports come into force in April.

‘In two years’ time you are all going to realise Brexit was bigger news than Covid,’ warns Justin King.

JOHN Bruton has accused the British government of using "threatening" language while "pretending" that it did not sign-up to a trade border in the Irish Sea.

Work on inspection posts for animal products crossing Irish Sea ‘has not yet started and will take up to six months to complete’.

Lord Frost told the Conservative conference that the ‘long bad dream’ of our EU membership is over but his is just beginning.

Any additional delays to the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on imports will simply postpone the inevitable, and send mixed signals to businesses that have been urged for months to get ready for the additional formalities involved with moving goods across the UK’s borders, according to business group Logistics UK.

A Castle Douglas firm has suspended taking orders from customers in Northern Ireland due to the amount of red tape introduced by Brexit.

The new Irish Sea border will involve as many as 30 million customs declarations annually on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Flagging trade talks have seen little progress.

A former Downing Street chief of staff and architect of the Good Friday Agreement has accused the British government of destroying its trust with the Irish government over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

British Prime Minister claimed over the weekend such checks would not be necessary.

Minister says checks on animals and food products will be necessary to maintain island of Ireland’s ‘disease-free status’

British minister says North’s businesses won’t need exit summary declarations when they send goods to rest of the UK.

Junior minister reveals UK officials have confirmed ‘physical posts at ports of entry’ for Northern Ireland.

Boris Johnson falsely claimed during the election that his Brexit deal didn't include new controls.

The government has confirmed there will be new checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK as part of the Brexit deal.

Ireland’s European commissioner criticises decision by DUP minister affecting food and animal imports.

Dublin's foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney has said the decision to halt Northern Ireland Protocol checks would be a “breach of international law”.

It’s been four years since we formally left the EU - and its been eight years of trying to square an impossible circle. How do you keep Brexiteers happy, the EU on board and Northern Ireland’s government up and running, all at once?

Seamus Leheny of Logistics UK said the industry has been plunged into confusion following the order by Edwin Poots to halt Brexit checks in NI.

Belfast court rules EU Withdrawal Act trumps claims that Protocol breaches Acts of Union.

Brexiteer Steve Baker, who is now a Northern Ireland Minister, has apologised for his 'ferocious' stance on negotiations with the EU.

Horticulture businesses are experiencing "incredible frustration" at the new Irish Sea border arrangements, a trade body has said.

What should we call a project that poleaxes the economy, destroys our global reputation and threatens political stability in Northern Ireland? If we had known what would come to pass, how would we have voted on it six years ago?

One of the many consequences of Brexit is the creation of a customs border in the Irish Sea, a move that for some in Northern Ireland has awakened old unionist fears of separation from the mainland. There's also been a lot of talk about the Northern Ireland Protocol stirring up dormant tensions between unionists and republicans. But what if those fears are ill-founded?

The UK and European Union are poised to enter the final stretch of negotiations over post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. After years of distrust and tension both sides are optimistic that a settlement is within reach.

What has changed in the 31 days since the UK left and how has it impacted consumers and businesses?

Some online retailers are suspending delivery to Northern Ireland.

There is ‘no way’ EU member states will ratify agreement while UK is breaking another one, foreign minister says.

Ireland is increasingly concerned that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to completely rewrite the Northern Ireland section of the Brexit deal, RTE reported on Monday after London said the agreement was not sustainable.

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.

The British government appears to have no political will to resolve its festering trade dispute with the European Union and risks endangering the hard-won peace in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Wednesday.

The system for checks on agri-foods at Northern Ireland's sea ports is "not fit for purpose", according to an audit carried out by the European Commission.

Organic food product sales from GB to NI are emerging as another difficulty created by the new Irish Sea border.

One of Northern Ireland's biggest catering suppliers is buying less from British firms and more from the EU due to Brexit and the Irish Sea border.

A sea border would mean checks at major ports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, such as Holyhead, Liverpool, Belfast and Larne.

Mixed loads of food products have emerged as the major problem for trade across the new Irish Sea border.

UK goods exports to Ireland fell by 13% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period last year.

At 23:00 on New Year's Eve a new EU trade border was effectively created in Northern Ireland's ports. / The first of these grace periods is set to expire at the end of March and businesses are already anxious about what comes next.

Senior Tory Simon Hoare suggests ‘putting the hallucinogenics down’ and making the protocol work

If so, Ireland would risk being seen as less than a full member of the EU single market.

It will “take a decade” to resolve the crisis inflicted on Ireland by Brexit and the border checks created in the Irish Sea, David Davis has suggested.

A year on from leaving the EU, it’s time for an annual report on how Brexit has worked out for Wales.

In an extraordinary diplomatic rebuke a senior US diplomat accused the UK's Brexit Minister of 'inflaming tensions' over Northern Ireland in a trade row.

The president of America will tell Boris Johnson not to let the row over Northern Ireland's Brexit arrangements put the Good Friday Agreement at risk as the two meet up in Cornwall ahead of G7 summit on Thursday.

Joe Biden is set to raise pressure on Boris Johnson to not go back on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland treaty before the pair attend the G7 summit later this week in Cornwall.

This Treasury document sets out things that trade experts have been saying pretty clearly, but that the government has refused to accept.

Boris Johnson agreed in the final hours of the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations that there would be customs declarations on goods exiting Northern Ireland to Britain, despite the fact that just three weeks later he told businesses in the North there would be "no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind…," according to a detailed new account of the protocol negotiations.

There remains “real incomprehension, in Britain, of the objective, sometimes mechanical consequences of its choices."

Documents seen by Channel 4 News reveal that the Treasury and Department for Transport have been asked for advice on possible costs and risks.

DUP says deal will put a border down the Irish sea and threaten the union with Britain.

DUP leader also claims Boris Johnson privately told him there was a ‘20-30 per cent of an agreement’ with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

THE SON of the late Rev Ian Paisley has said talk of a united Ireland is not as easily dismissed as it once was and that Brexit bears much of the responsibility for transforming attitudes.

Liz Truss has called on the EU to scrap "border control and paperwork" on Irish Sea trade, setting up a clash with Brussels over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Brexit minister Lord Frost has blamed negotiators under Theresa May as being responsible to a “very large degree” for issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol.

A group which includes representatives of loyalist paramilitaries has written to the prime minister to withdraw its support for the Good Friday Agreement.

Loyalist Communities Council warns of ‘strength of feeling’ over border checks but says protests should stay peaceful.

LOYALISTS held further white-line protests and demonstrations against the Northern Ireland Protocol over the weekend.

Marks & Spencer says Brexit and the Irish Sea border have added about £30m of costs to its island of Ireland business.

Michael Gove has insisted that there will be no ‘new customs infrastructure in Northern Ireland after Brexit before claiming there would be ‘some expansion of existing infrastructure’, sparking accusations of “double speak” from one Lib Dem MP.

IT should give nobody any satisfaction to say of the current deeply troubling disorder in Northern Ireland that it was, alas, not only utterly predictable, but constantly predicted.

'Difficulties on the island of Ireland are caused by Brexit, not by the Protocol', UK told - ahead of crisis talks.

Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons does not have the authority to halt work on new permanent border control posts (BCPs), according to Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard.

EU and UK locked in talks about food safety.

It is an "insult" for the prime minister to describe disruption to trade across the Irish Sea border as teething problems, a DUP MP has said.

A group of MPs has questioned if the government can meet its promise of "unfettered" trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

Conservatives vote to reinstate clauses hours after PM offers to remove them if talks with EU bear fruit.

Pro-British loyalist militants in Northern Ireland said on Friday there had been a "spectacular collective failure" to understand their anger over Brexit and other issues as there was some respite in street clashes following a week of riots.

The news comes despite PM Boris Johnson pledging last year "there won't be checks" created as a result of his tweaked deal.

Government legal adviser warns it cannot be argued ‘credibly’ that there is no alternative to unilateral move.

A new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK began operating at 23:00 GMT on Thursday.

The UK Government's plans for red and green lanes for checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK will require the construction of "enhanced facilities" at ports, a minister has said.

A survey has found a large majority of small businesses want the UK to cooperate with the European Union as the government faces calls renegotiate terms of the its post-Brexit trade relationship with the bloc.

Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister has halted construction of permanent inspection facilities for post-Brexit checks on agri-food goods arriving from Britain.

Northern Ireland businesses will not be ready for the new Irish Sea border in January and need a further transition period, industry leaders have said.

Northern Ireland firms increased their prices last month at the highest rate since 2018, according to an Ulster Bank survey.

For Beth Lunney the impact of Brexit and the Irish Sea border started to become clear in late November.

DUP minister ordered a stop to checks between Britain and Northern Ireland which never came into force.

Irish Sea border checks are a legal requirement and it is right they are continuing, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has told MPs.

The UK government has announced further delays to some Irish Sea border checks. / The checks are a requirement of the Northern Ireland Protocol, a deal reached by the UK and EU in 2019.

There is "palpable anger" among unionists over the NI Protocol but loyalists are not thinking of a return to violence, the BBC has been told.

Loyalist paramilitaries probably played a role in organising protest rallies against the Northern Ireland Protocol this year, a police commander has said.

Edwin Poots' instruction to halt checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from GB was unlawful and taken for political reasons, the High Court has ruled.

Sinn Féin say they will veto a Stormont Executive move to make border checks unlawful as part of the NI Protocol.

Loyalist paramilitaries cannot be allowed to gain "a momentum" from the Northern Ireland Protocol dispute, MPs have been told.

Stormont's agriculture minister has hit back at a claim by the NI secretary that trade disruption across the Irish Sea is due to Covid-19 and not Brexit.

A letter from the UK government to Stormont's Agriculture Department instructs it to start work on check-points at NI's sea ports without delay.

Brexit checks on animal and food products coming into Belfast and Larne ports have been suspended over fears for the safety of staff working there, according to Northern Ireland’s agriculture ministry.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen have announced they have reached a new deal, aimed at fixing post-Brexit problems in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland could see "instability, uncertainty and unpredictability" if there is an attempt to renegotiate the post-Brexit agreement, the European Commission's vice president has warned.

Northern Ireland minister say government cannot be expected to provide businesses with all information 'from day one'.

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

The UK government has told Stormont officials that post-Brexit custom checks will now be imposed in ports across the region.

Lords committee warns uncertainty over trading rules may add to economic damage of crisis.

Health certificates could add 40,000-pound cost per truck. / Supermarkets may pull out if business unviable: Trade group. / Extra paperwork required by Brexit will raise U.K. supermarkets’ cost of operating in Northern Ireland so much that some may pull out, a trade group warned.

Boris Johnson makes climbdown a year after saying companies could throw paperwork in the bin.

Northern political leaders face major challenge after striking deal.

Agriculture minister Edwin Poots has called on his officials to halt the checks, which are required under the Northern Ireland Protocol.

DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has urged the UK Government to intervene to resolve the issues that have hindered the flow of food products.

“What worries me is the casual political vandalism. They really don’t seem to care," Tony Blair's former chief negotiator on Northern Ireland has said.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has responded to UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s assertion that the legislation to set aside aspects of the Northern Ireland protocol is “not a big deal”.

The Northern Ireland Protocol can give the region an economic advantage but will require further moves by both sides, the head of the UK's biggest business association has said.

With a potential trade war looming, Conservatives are stuck in an ever-more destructive disagreement over what Britain should look like outside the EU.

It would be "profoundly tragic" if the government moves to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, a senior Labour figure has said.

Trade secretary says government ‘absolutely’ wants to remove border checks agreed by Boris Johnson in Brexit deal.

DUP MP accuses UK government’s Brexit deal of “disrupting peace”.

‘Is it Article 16? And, if not, which article is he citing?’ Brandon Lewis is asked - as EU prepares legal action

NORTHERN IRELAND SECRETARY Brandon Lewis has been questioned by MPs from the DUP and Labour over Boris Johnson’s previous statements that his Brexit deal would not result in checks between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and how they may have fed into unionist and loyalist frustrations and anger in recent days.

Northern Ireland was created 100 years ago Monday, but the day passed with little fanfare.

Ex-Tory leader says some Brexiteers dismissed province as ‘inconvenient detail’.

Simmering tensions over Brexit and allegations of ‘two-tier policing’ spark return of disturbing scenes many hoped were gone forever

As some say the call for a border poll on a United Ireland is growing, what would it take to get to that point, and what would it mean to be a Unionist, if the Union no longer exists?

A “credible threat” from loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland may have had an influence on the Government’s decision to unilaterally extended the Brexit “grace period”, security sources and leading politicians have claimed.

The Protocol has reaffirmed Unionism's worst fears that Northern Ireland is the unwanted child of the British government.

Northern Ireland dominated Brexit negotiations for years and remains a highly contentious element of EU-UK relations. The nature of the UK’s departure from the EU means the issue will not go away any time soon.

Mark Brown’s Belfast deli is at the coalface of Brexit supply issues. He hopes for progress

The Northern Irish Minister of Agriculture ordered his services to stop post-Brexit controls on foodstuffs at midnight, an order whose practical consequences and legality are being questioned in the midst of negotiations between London and Brussels.

Having left the largest internal market in the world, the search is on to give the impression that there are many new trade partnerships out there to compensate for the already very real loss of cross-Channel trade. / At the moment, Britain’s trade with the CPTPP countries is less than our trade with Germany alone.

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.

His false claims about the withdrawal agreement reveal an utter lack of interest in Brexit’s consequences for Belfast and Dublin.

Regulatory burdens have seen over half of businesses hit by Brexit (54%) across the country, new figures show.

Street disorder linked to Brexit has led to speculation about a resurgence of activity, says the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) report.

The list of bizarre things Boris Johnson is proposing to do to an international treaty he negotiated is growing. The target of these notions is the Northern Ireland protocol, which parliament ratified as part of the UK-EU withdrawal agreement more than a year ago.

EU said agreement on common rules ‘on the table’ - but UK would probably have to drop prized right to diverge

Police in Northern Ireland are expecting Boris Johnson's Brexit agreement to trigger protests in Northern Ireland, MPs have been told.

Disorder has again broken out in Belfast during protests against the Brexit protocol.

Almost two-thirds of people in Northern Ireland are concerned about a return to violence this summer due to tensions around the NI Protocol, the poll suggests.

Coveney joins NI politicians in condemning move by North’s Minister of Agriculture.

Talks to prevent EU ban on imports of chilled meats likely to fail – with UK required to do the same.

DUP MP questions Boris Johnson’s plans after producing letter about preparations.

The biggest operator of ferries in the Irish Sea has confirmed that there will be checks, inspections and some new infrastructure for trade, and it wants to know what the government will pay for.

House of Lords hears costs related to chilled and fresh goods could prove a fatal barrier.

Belfast, Northern Ireland — Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in at least the fourth night of serious violence in a week in Northern Ireland, where Brexit has unsettled an uneasy political balance.

It has now been three years since the UK exited Europe, but Michel Barnier, the man who helped broker the divorce for Europe, and the author of a new book ‘My Secret Brexit Diary’ – says there are still lessons to be learned from the whole experience.

Average supermarket truck ‘will need 400 certifications’ to enter from British mainland.

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The statements came today after reports suggested that Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered his Brexit team to find ways to "get around" the Northern Ireland protocol.

‘Temporary’ agreement seeks to avoid empty shelves as a result of new trade checks.

DUP MP Sammy Wilson has been urged to apologise for the consequences of his pro-Brexit position after he claimed the Port of Larne has been told to prepare to become a border control point.

Britain has been outside the EU’s legal regime for a year and has faced a number of impacts.

Brussels says renegotiation UK is suggesting will mean more instability for the region.

Ministers ‘must not be allowed to sidestep their responsibilities,’ says Sinn Fein MP.

Labour’s leader is perceived to be sitting on his hands over Europe. But private discussions with European leaders tell a different story.

The status of Brexit checks at Northern Ireland ports remained unclear on Thursday morning after a deadline passed for a ministerial order to halt them.

A POLL has shown that almost three out of five voters in Northern Ireland support a "border in the Irish Sea" to avoid an estimated 40,000 job losses linked to a no-deal Brexit.

JUST 18 per cent of Northern Ireland manufacturers want to scrap the Irish protocol despite 77 per cent reporting a negative impact on their business since the end of the Brexit transition period.

A hard border in Ireland must be avoided, the Irish premier has urged Rishi Sunak.

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The annual march in which loyalists celebrate their ties to the United Kingdom comes as Brexit has created a new border in the Irish Sea — and the future of the U.K. is tenuous.

We examine the impact of the Brexit plans under discussion between the EU and UK.

Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?

In this film, senior FT writers and British businesspeople examine how Brexit hit the UK economy, the political conspiracy of silence, and why there has not yet been a convincing case for a 'Brexit dividend'.

This week’s violence is an ominous sign that leaving the EU took a wrecking ball to the Good Friday agreement.

One of the greatest political achievements of our time is at risk of becoming a casualty of a Brexit neither country voted for in the first place, writes Emma DeSouza.

Boris Johnson’s plans to shred the Northern Ireland protocol have no basis in law, economics or diplomacy.

In four months’ time, an avalanche of checks, paperwork and tariffs looks certain to hit Northern Ireland.

When the Democratic Unionist party decided to support Brexit, many warned that the decision could have profound consequences for Northern Ireland’s position within the UK.

The London bureau chief for Germany’s public broadcaster reflects on Britain’s government.

The U.K. government has pushed ahead with controversial plans to unilaterally override post-Brexit trade rules, ratcheting up the risk of a trade war as the European Union prepares to take retaliatory legal action.

Thousands of sheep bound for Northern Ireland are stuck "in limbo" in Great Britain due to Brexit complexities.

One of the world’s customs experts has admitted that even he has found the first few days of the new border “very tough” because “there are so many processes”.

The Conservatives want Northern Ireland out of the UK, a veteran unionist politician has said amid concerns over post-Brexit trading arrangements. / Lord Kilclooney levelled the claim as the Tory Government was urged to be honest about the impact of a revamped deal with Brussels, which critics argue retains a border in the Irish Sea.

The European Research Group says the Northern Ireland protocol "has to go" but Labour insists: "This was the deal they demanded".

Eurosceptic backbenchers disavowed a key part of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal - which they backed - aimed at preventing a hard border on the island of Ireland.

EU leaders urged to push back against No 10’s brinkmanship over role of European Court of Justice.

After weeks of denial that an Irish Sea border exists, Boris Johnson’s government has U-turned to ask for major parts of the trade frontier to be delayed for years.

Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said the UK government is behaving in an "extraordinary way" over Brexit.

Government now rejecting EU oversight of implementing Northern Ireland agreement.

RISHI Sunak has said that a new deal to replace Boris Johnson’s controversial Brexit agreement has removed “any sense of a border in the Irish Sea”.