If anyone wants a quick summary of the new deal, I explained to Al Jazeera today why it’s bad for jobs, bad for prosperity, bad for supply chains, bad for rights and protections, bad for border disruption, and bad for the DUP. It’s a really bad deal.

The boss of Morgan McLernon, a subsidiary of Culina Group and which has specialised in chilled and frozen food distribution for more than 40 years, has pinned much of the blame on the Brexit fall-out.

Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill says Brexit is a gamechanger, but the DUP's Arlene Foster doesn't consider Irish unity inevitable.

AN SDLP Assembly member has criticised the questioning of new DUP leader Edwin Poots on yesterday's Andrew Marr Show.

An expected snap election in Northern Ireland would become a mini-poll on post-Brexit trade arrangements.

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

Joint research by Belfast’s two main universities finds plurality of Northern Ireland residents think they’ll be out of the UK within next 2 decades.

Shockwaves felt both sides of Irish divide over plan to renege on withdrawal agreement.

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.

If any further proof was needed that Brexit has been a catastrophe for all sections of our divided society, it was supplied by the axing of the key Aer Lingus route between Belfast City Airport and Heathrow in London.

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

DUP leader Arlene Foster, along with deputy leader Nigel Dodds and East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson, have met a representative group for loyalist paramilitaries over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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

Foster will step down as DUP leader on 28 May.

Two-thirds of party chairmen said they had lost confidence in her leadership.

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.

EU CHIEF Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is to meet Sinn Féin and DUP representatives today as the countdown begins to the UK leaving the European Union on Friday.

A BBC Spotlight investigation into the man behind the DUP's record £435,000 donation during the EU referendum has uncovered a trail of illegal activity and foreign money.

Ex-Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged MPs to reject the "shameful" attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

Border Communities Against Brexit have issued a statement on the progression of the Protocol Bill. The campaigning organisation believe that the new UK Prime Minister will override any amendments made in the House of Lords. They also believe that those promoting this Bill need to be honest about the consequences flowing from it, as thousands of jobs are at risk.

Protesters have gathered outside the Irish parliament to call on public representatives to sign a declaration to protect the backstop.

British government has broken its own solemn legal and political commitments.

The former Prime Minister has been accused of stirring up trouble with the Democratic Unionist Party and Tory backbenchers as claims mount over a pact with Brussels to end the stalemate.

Ian Paisley accuses prime minister of insulting people’s intelligence after he describes post-Brexit disruption as “teething problems”.

Johnson’s administration made promises over Northern Ireland deal it knew were unworkable, former PM tells MPs.

UK PM announces ‘great deal that takes back control’ despite refusal of DUP to back agreement.

After days of intensive negotiations, the Prime Minister said he had reached a 'great' new deal with EU leaders.

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

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.

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 former prime minister is expected to break cover only when it becomes clear whether or not he would be backed by a critical mass of allies.

Luxembourg talks are not expected to deliver a breakthrough as the clock ticks down to 31 October.

Under current PM, government is not Conservative but English Nationalist, says Chris Patten.

Glimmers of a potential Brexit deal have sparked dissent among Boris Johnson's allies, as the EU signals it may be open to another extension.

UK proposals "do not match even remotely" Northern Irish backstop plan, says steering group.

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

A DUP Mournes councillor has blamed Brexit for causing a Northern Ireland workforce shortage. / Newry, Mourne and Down District Council agreed a motion this week to seek extended UK working visas for EU citizens from six months to two years.

While the picture’s hardly pretty and certainly not what advocates of Brexit envisioned, none of it surprises economists. As a former Bank of England official observed: “You run a trade war against yourself, bad things happen.”

Northern Ireland politicians are making a last-ditch attempt to break a political impasse triggered by Brexit that has stopped the formation of a functioning government in Belfast.

MPs set for Saturday vote on Boris Johnson's agreement.

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”.

The Border is a sticking point in Brexit negotiations, but why?

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

Even the keenest Brexiteer must feel that the process has been tortuously long. / That has been, in large part, because successive British governments have refused to accept the trade-off between untrammelled sovereignty and friction-free access to the EU’s single market, a refusal that shapes today’s increasingly testy relationship.

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.

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?

Continuing the letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, reminding him – he seems to need reminding – of the many new opportunities created by Brexit.

Will Boris Johnson's gamble to cut off the DUP to cut a deal with the EU prove to have been the undoing of his promise to 'Get Brexit Done' by October 31st?

UK Prime Minister Theresa May's (war?) dance at the Tory Party conference; DUP leader Arlene Foster's "blood red lines"; Boris Johnson's "Chuck Chequers" speech and the Taoiseach's meetings in Brussels with Council President: How healthy are the prospects for a Brexit breakthrough ahead of the October 17th summit?

What form of words (if any) would provide basis for the UK Attorney General to convince the DUP and the Tory Party to support the Withdrawal Agreement?

Brexit Republic is back, this week the House of Commons was suspended under the British government's deeply controversial prorogation, but that did not mean a quiet week for Boris Johnson. / They are joined by Sam McBride of the Belfast Newsletter, who discusses the DUP's position on the backstop.

Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin is joined by London Correspondent Sean Whelan on the Brexit vibes in elections in Scotland and England and by Europe Editor Tony Connelly on the latest round of naval gazing off the Jersey coast and his first impressions of Michel Barnier's impressions of the DUP as revealed in his new book.

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

Brexit is on course for a lengthy delay after MPs rejected Theresa May's EU Withdrawal Agreement by a margin of 58 votes.

Sinn Fein was once disparaged as the political wing of the IRA. It’s now on course to be the biggest party in both the north and south of the island.

As it has already been well documented that Brexit proved to be a political and economic disaster for all sections of our divided society, it should not come as a surprise to learn that it has also had a hugely negative impact on community relations.

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

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

Episode one watches as the Europeans’ respect for a formidable negotiating opponent turns into frustration and incredulity as the British fail to present a united front. At moments funny and tragic, it ends with the debacle in December 2017 when Theresa May flies in to Brussels to finalise details of a deal and is publically humiliated by her coalition partner.

This week's Brexit downsides: half a billion in extra costs to import food, the collapse of trade talks with Canada and more.

The UK government would be acting in an “anti-democratic” way if it goes through with its threat to over-ride elements of the post-Brexit treaty, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.

Another day, another ‘no breakthrough on the backstop‘ story. At the eleventh hour, a dose of reality seems to be setting in over the question of the Northern Ireland Brexit backstop.

Last week, the prime minister said Northern Ireland was unable to prepare fully for a no-deal Brexit because of the collapse of devolution.

Democratic Unionist party leader says prime minister made admission during private meeting last week.

Returning to Stormont would mean ‘collaboration’ with EU as ‘colonial government’, says Kate Hoey.

Nathalie Loiseau says no alternatives have been proposed to Brexit deal. / A senior ally of Emmanuel Macron has told Brexiteers that they must "face reality" over the consequences of leaving the EU.

Pro-Remain parties in Northern Ireland criticise ‘petty’ decision by UK government.

Micheal Martin warned the move to override parts of the international deal could “destabilise” politics in Northern Ireland.

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.

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...

Sinn Féin accuses UK government of ‘Tory petulance’ claiming its leader Mary Lou McDonald had been excluded from the talks.

There is no question that the fates of Boris Johnson and Brexit are inextricably linked. It is impossible to imagine that the UK would have abandoned its 40-year relationship with the EU had it not been for this young journalist making his name through inventing nonsense stories about the Eurocracy ...

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.

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.

The North is facing another toxic, polarising and futile Assembly election.

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.

Downing Street has said the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol cannot continue in its current form and that it should be “urgently” changed.

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.

Ireland’s foreign minister dismisses request by DUP in escalating row over trade barriers in Irish Sea.

The Democratic Unionist Party will vote against the Government in this week’s first parliamentary vote on the new Windsor Framework Brexit deal, party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson revealed on Monday.

Refusal to nominate speaker derails legislature and raises stakes in London’s dispute with Brussels

Party propping up Theresa May in power insists focus is on 'red line' that Northern Ireland must not be treated differently from rest of UK.

“Earlier in the year we had people back out on the streets again. There was civil unrest, there was violence on the streets."

It places the DUP in the uncomfortable position of appearing at odds with the stance of the public health service itself.

"There is no substance to Sir Jeffrey's claim" / A health trust has rejected claims by DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson that life-saving heart surgery was delayed because of Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol.

The DUP leadership risks splitting the party if it continues to prevent the formation of a government in NI, according to the former UUP adviser of the late First Minister David Trimble.

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

Party leadership urges Boris Johnson to trigger Article 16.

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.

He said the move "hugely reduces" the risk of post-Brexit divergence on product standards between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

Government told to wake up to extent of unionist anger over ‘betrayal’ of Northern Ireland.

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.

Arlene Foster tells incoming prime minister the £1bn-plus confidence and supply agreement must be renewed ‘over the coming weeks’.

The DUP's Sammy Willson was attacked by SNP and Green MPs over the comment.

A journalist has tried to smash the wall of silence around NI’s record political donation.

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

‘Some sections of the community are starting to sense they are sitting on a powder keg’

The EU’s ambassador to the UK has accused new DUP leader Edwin Poots of making comments about the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol that lack “adherence to reality”.

The EU’s Brexit chief has today warned the UK to not “further sour our relationship” by taking unilateral actions in Northern Ireland as negotiations between the two sides continue.

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

Maros Sefcovic said they searched for four years for the ‘best solution to the very sensitive situation in Northern Ireland’.

Bloc says it will not renegotiate agreement and threatens to take ministers to court for ‘damaging’ unilateral action.

Under the proposals being considered, the EU would allow the unilateral revocation of the backstop if both Sinn Fein and the DUP agreed.

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

An EU official confirmed to i that Brussels would not engage in further talks as long as Liz Truss’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill continued its passage through Parliament.

The Brexit deadline is hurtling towards us, and citizens across the UK still aren't allowed to know who bankrolls the politicians deciding the country's future.

"It's like a turkey voting for Christmas, isn't it?" / A farmer’s passionate speech about Brexit from 2019 has been making the rounds on social media – with one person saying it “could have been made yesterday”.

Commons bid to force ministers to negotiate continued access for UK students is defeated by Tories.

Food industry trade bodies are discussing whether to take legal action against the government over post-Brexit plans that will require all meat and dairy products sold in the UK to be labelled as “not for EU”.

The prime minister has imperilled peace in Northern Ireland, and every day the economic fallout worsens.

The spending has been described as "political posturing" and "clearly a waste of public money".

The UK promises to “fix” the Northern Ireland protocol with unilateral legislation. This will be a major step backwards in trying to resolve genuine practical problems under the protocol.

Two years since Britain left the EU, Brexit is still very much at the top of the news agenda with lorry queues lengthening at Dover as exporting firms struggle with red tape.

“Do you not find it a little embarrassing that you're renegotiating it across such a wide area so soon after it was signed by the government and approved by this Parliament?” - "Not really".

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”.

Speaking to reporters at the Embassy of Ireland in London, he said the his government has good channels of communication with all parties in Northern Ireland.

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

The DUP collapsed the devolved executive last February in protest at Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

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

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.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol shortly after he made the EU deal, DUP MP Ian Paisley has claimed.

Simon Coveney dampens hopes that Boris Johnson’s border proposal is a game-changer.

Fiach Kelly: The main threat from a crashout is political and constitutional, not economic.

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.

The prime minister’s rightwing pact with the DUP and the increasing likelihood of a no-deal Brexit have left the people in the north of Ireland staring into an abyss.

Select committee raises the question of Sinn Féin refusing to enter power sharing if the Northern Ireland protocol is ditched.

It can’t be a coincidence that this ‘celebration’ will coincide with 100 years of Ireland’s partition.

TUV leader urges DUP and Ulster Unionists to unite with him against ‘perilous’ threat to union.

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.

EU gives go-ahead to weekend meetings after PM appears to backtrack on customs stance.

DUP isolated in backing plan, which could ‘destroy economy and Good Friday agreement’

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.

Former Labour MP Kate Hoey has been criticised after likening politicians prepared to return to Stormont under the Windsor Framework to Nazi collaborators under the Vichy regime in wartime France.

Almost seven years on from the Brexit referendum, there remains uncertainty over the future UK-EU relationship. Reflecting on the lessons from the last seven years, Neil Kinnock argues there remains a clear case for the UK being an economic, political, social, scientific and cultural part of the Europe of the future.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has today written to the Prime Minister about the role of the devolved administrations in talks on the future trade relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

“Those who championed Brexit and are crying salty tears now because of the consequences of Brexit need to accept that those are consequences of their decisions, their actions, and to not point the finger at others.”

Brexit’s Northern Ireland deal needs the same hard-headed pragmatism that secured Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release.

It is hard to dispute the idea that London did not prioritise finding a solution to the Brexit problems facing Northern Ireland, a former top Stormont civil servant has said.

Marks & Spencer’s chairman has become the latest business leader to criticise the Government’s economic policy, with Archie Norman calling plans to ease post-Brexit trade “overbearing” and “baffling”.

MICHEÁL MARTIN has said there is an increasing view within Northern Ireland that the Brexit protocol is working.

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.

Government plans to override parts of the Brexit deal relating to Northern Ireland have passed their first hurdle in Parliament.

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.

Delay now seen as inevitable as even Eurosceptic DUP and Tories back a 9-week pause. MPs voted by 391 to 242, a majority of 149, to reject the prime minister’s revised plans for the UK’s exit from the EU.

Brexiter Tories and DUP united in opposition to bill with SNP, Lib Dem and Labour remainers. / MPs on all sides of the Brexit divide have vowed to vote down Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement when the government brings the bill to the House of Commons next month.

A Northern Ireland who farmer appeared in a D.U.P. Brexit broadcast in 2016 says he now regrets having voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

There will be no renegotiating the new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, says Chris Heaton-Harris.

A zero tariff, zero quota trade deal between the UK and Australia would damage Northern Ireland’s beef and sheep trade, the new DUP leader has warned.

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.

The Sinn Fein vice president said she has warned newly appointed Secretary of State for the region Shailesh Vara that the Government must stop “placating the DUP” and start being “even-handed” with Stormont’s political parties.

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

SF MLA says changes to withdrawal deal would drive ‘coach and horses’ through Belfast Agreement.

Firms in Northern Ireland will have to submit declaration forms for goods heading to the rest of the UK, under the government's Brexit deal.

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

The government is facing fresh criticism over the Northern Ireland Protocol amid warnings it obstructs the "free movement" of the military.

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

The Democratic Unionist Party's boycott of North-South Ministerial (NSMC) meetings in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol is an unlawful breach of the pledge of office, a High Court judge has ruled.

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.

There will be no renegotiation of the Windsor Framework agreed between the UK Government and the EU, British foreign secretary James Cleverly has told peers.

A Northern Ireland minister has threatened legal action against the UK and the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

Masked men hijacked and torched a bus in Northern Ireland early Monday in an attack linked to British unionists’ opposition to the post-Brexit trade protocol.

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’s First Minister Arlene Foster laid out her plan to quit, sparking further upheaval at a time when London and Dublin are seeking to calm tensions in the region.

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.

Advancing the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill through Parliament is "poisoning the whole relationship" behind UK-EU negotiations, Lord Clarke has said.

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.

Brussels is set to reveal details of action despite ministers’ insistence the the Northern Ireland protocol plans do not break international law.

Northern Ireland's Assembly will meet on Monday after a successful petition to recall members back to Stormont.

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”.

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.

The signing of the Belfast Agreement in 1998 brought an end to decades of extreme political violence in Northern Ireland. But more than 20 years later, the peace process still faces threats and both loyalist and republican paramilitary groups continue to operate.

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.

Naomi Long wins seat after trebling party’s vote, saying supporters want to remain in EU.

Brexit Secretary admits businesses will need to fill out export declaration forms.

Businesses say bloc has listened and gone ‘beyond expectations’, increasing their hopes of a deal.

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.

Unionists criticised for ‘incendiary’ rhetoric as dozens of officers injured in days of unrest.

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

The disturbance in a Loyalist area of the city on Friday evening followed four successive nights of disturbances in the unionist Waterside area of Londonderry.

After transport firm Morgan McLernon confirmed proposals to shut its Lurgan site, a political row has arisen between the DUP and anti-Brexit parties Sinn Fein and the Alliance Party.

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

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

Forcing all UK supermarkets to put “not for EU” labels on meat, dairy and plant products in a move to assuage the concerns of unionists in Northern Ireland will force up prices and undermine the war against inflation, ministers have been told.

Boris Johnson thinks he’s got a deal. Arlene Foster isn’t so sure. Nobody knows what’s in the deal – but some of the ERG think it’ll pass the Commons anyway. The Remainiacs team gather to work out what we know, what we don’t know… and what we think will be put before Parliament on Saturday.

Leaked papers obtained by the Guardian show extent of fundamental objections Brussels has raised.

The UK government’s latest moves to revise the Northern Ireland Protocol ride roughshod over international law and threaten the country’s reputation and relations abroad.

The Prime Minister appeared to play down the prospect of an imminent agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol, amid speculation one could be announced early next week.

Former EU court lawyers warn that the ongoing row damages UK’s reputation as a negotiating partner.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet EU chief Ursula Von Der Leyen and other European leaders at the Munich Security Conference following months of rows about the trading arrangements for Northern Ireland.

Rishi Sunak has been warned that some of his ministers may resign over his post-Brexit deal with the EU if it jeopardises Northern Ireland’s place in the union.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said party officers had today voted unanimously to oppose the Windsor Framework when MPs get a vote in the Commons on Wednesday - and right-wing Tories could also rebel.

UK refuses request from Brussels for Northern Ireland presence for second time.

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.

SAMMY Wilson has suggested the DUP would prefer to delay Brexit for a year rather than accept Theresa May's "toxic deal".

Irish premier says it is 'alarming' that Tory leadership contenders want to remove safeguard against hard border.

SDLP Brexit Spokesperson Matthew O’Toole has said the DUP’s “foolhardy pursuit of a hard Brexit” is impacting young people’s futures.

Ireland's deputy prime minister has criticised Brexit "hardliners" who think "no price is too high to pay for their version of Brexit". Simon Coveney told a Dublin conference it was time for British MPs to cast aside "unrealistic" options based on promises that cannot be delivered.

Sinn Fein has signalled a willingness to co-operate with other pro-Remain parties to challenge DUP Brexiteer candidates if a general election is called.

SDLP also promises to give other remain parties clear run against DUP in general election.

Some steel exports from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are facing a 25% tariff because of changes to EU rules.

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.

The DUP is boycotting devolution as part of its protest against Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

A Stormont department is paying compensation to building contractors because of the decision to stop work on permanent inspection facilities at Northern Ireland's ports, it has emerged.

Increases in university fees of almost 60 per cent are be considered by the Department for the Economy.

The prime minister could be in for a battle with eurosceptic Tories, a report suggests.

Labour leader to urge PM to take on Eurosceptics in attempt to resolve Northern Ireland protocol issues.

The new Prime Minister was decisively on the side of those who claimed that the country would have a better future outside the EU.

A government minister has warned the Democratic Unionist Party that Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal is a good as it is going to get.

Stormont’s political impasse is hindering Northern Ireland’s ability to benefit from its post-Brexit economic advantage, Micheal Martin has warned.

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

Two weeks into Brexit, problems are mounting and recriminations are flying in all directions. The reality of Brexit is proving every bit as toxic as the four-and-a-half-year slog that got us to this point.

But the UK’s departure means far-reaching changes for the Irish economy. We are already seeing signs of how things may shake out and the really fundamental changes it means for many businesses, for consumers and for trade.

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.

A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum. As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose?

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

As Brexit looms, nationalists in Northern Ireland are increasingly looking to Dublin for representation. Now, as Ben Kelly explains, political parties are responding in new, innovative ways.

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 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.

The Protestant politicians of the 1970s and the Tory Brexiteers of today have a common denominator: their fear of ‘betrayal’ and their constant assurance that they are speaking for ‘the people of Britain’.

Theresa May has angered Tory and DUP MPs by “taking no deal off the table” at a time when she desperately needs them to pass her Brexit deal.

Theresa May is facing near-certain defeat in her final Brexit gamble, as both Tory rebels and the Democratic Unionist Party vowed to vote down crucial legislation.

The Democratic Unionist Party has hammered the final nail into the coffin of Theresa May’s deal, insisting it will not back it under “any set of circumstances”.

The new first minister represents a party that does not acknowledge Northern Ireland's six counties as separate from the 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland. The historic moment has huge implications, David Blevins writes.

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.

MPs will get a vote next Wednesday on the Stormont brake aspect of Rishi Sunak's Windsor Framework, which was agreed with the EU last month in a bid to undo the worst excesses of Boris Johnson's deal,

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

Conservative minister Steve Baker has said he is “really sorry” to the EU for “not always behaving” in a way that did not foster trust.

Former PM brands mooted UK policy ‘absurd’.

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

The UK government’s imminent publication of legislation to override the Brexit deal it negotiated for Northern Ireland won’t be enough to restore power-sharing in the region, a senior Democratic Unionist Party MP said.

A claim by British secretary of state Brandon Lewis that there is no Irish Sea border does not match the legal reality, the High Court heard today.

Legislation has been published by the British government this evening which overrides the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Ireland and severely breaches both the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and international law.

The Taoiseach was responding to comments earlier in the week from NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris. / Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said the UK would be required to engage with the European Union to resolve any issues about proposed new EU laws being introduced in Northern Ireland.

UNELECTED UK Government minister Malcolm Offord has insisted the Tories have not conned the public over Brexit.

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister said ‘for Edwin Poots to take any unilateral action would be unlawful’.

Assembly hears of plans for customs posts at NI ports, setting the cat among the pigeons.

Northern Ireland’s second-biggest political party says it will block the formation of a working Belfast legislature, deepening political deadlock over post-Brexit trade rules.

The impact of the UK’s departure from the EU and the continuing tensions over the Northern Ireland protocol have reinforced the concept of a united Ireland for many.

A bipartisan US congressional delegation is due to meet Irish premier Micheal Martin in Dublin.

Taoiseach wants to keep a guarantee there will be no return to hard borders. / Leo Varadkar has said that removing the border backstop would be as bad for Ireland as a no-deal Brexit.

Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has warned that Brussels will not give in to threats and blackmail, as the furious row over the Northern Irish border took a step closer towards a trade war.

The Democratic Unionist Party had an outsized voice in Westminster during Britain’s Brexit negotiations.

Republican and pro-remain parties in Northern Ireland announced an electoral pact of sorts on Monday morning that will probably end up costing the DUP seats.

First came the backstop, then the protocol, now we can expect to hear a lot more about the "Stormont brake" as it is added to the Brexit lexicon.

People and Power investigates the curious questions about the referendum. Was the original vote to leave the EU tainted?

Fresh from scandals and an attempted ousting, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest plan is to tear up key parts of a post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland he made himself less than three years ago.

Willie Hay has claimed Boris Johnson ‘split the United Kingdom‘ by introducing a ‘border in the Irish Sea’ in his eagerness to ‘get Brexit done’.

DUP's Brexit spokesperson Sammy Wilson has said there is no point in his party agreeing to something that is not deliverable.

A senior DUP MP has said he would advise party colleagues to oppose the new Brexit deal on Northern Ireland trade if further movement is not secured.

Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee he was worried that the process of transition of paramilitary groups towards civilianisation had halted while concerns over post-Brexit trading arrangements remained.

A £435,000 donation to the DUP from a pro-Brexit group was not reported to the Electoral Commission (EC), it has been revealed.

NI Minister of Agriculture should publish legal advice, says manufacturing body.

‘It is arguably your political incompetence that got you here,’ Newsnight presenter suggests.

May’s last-gasp dash to Strasbourg, the midnight press conference with Juncker... EU officials and politicians looked on with growing incredulity.