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'500 jobs may go' as Lurgan haulier warns of 'unsustainable financial position' - and blames Brexit
09/08/2023
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.
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 bid to tear up Northern Ireland deal endangers peace, US congressmen warn [1 min]
15/06/2022
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.
Brexit inflames North’s identity politics
27/06/2021
Economic advantages of NI’s new trading arrangement overlooked by rejectionist rhetoric.
Democratic Unionist party leader says prime minister made admission during private meeting last week.
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.
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.
“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.
DUP leader's claim that Brexit Protocol 'delayed heart surgery' dismissed by Belfast Trust
28/10/2022
"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.
Watching Jeffrey Donaldson turn the DUP back towards accepting the protocol is an absurd and impressive spectacle.
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.
DUP threats on Brexit protocol ‘won’t make a damn bit of difference,’ blast Northern Irish rivals
04/02/2022
Other parties in Northern Ireland’s unraveling administration say Boris Johnson doesn’t care whether power-sharing survives in Belfast.
Bloc says it will not renegotiate agreement and threatens to take ministers to court for ‘damaging’ unilateral action.
Brussels was “preparing for the worst” over Brexit on Wednesday after the UK signalled the EU’s offer to scrap up to 80 per cent of checks on goods entering Northern Ireland was not enough to resolve the bitter dispute over the Irish border.
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.
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.
MICHEÁL MARTIN has said there is an increasing view within Northern Ireland that the Brexit protocol is working.
Government plans to override parts of the Brexit deal relating to Northern Ireland have passed their first hurdle in Parliament.
NI minister Edwin Poots acted unlawfully in halting post-Brexit border checks, court rules
15/12/2022
DUP minister ordered a stop to checks between Britain and Northern Ireland which never came into force.
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.
Sinn Féin say they will veto a Stormont Executive move to make border checks unlawful as part of the NI Protocol.
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 face 'instability and uncertainty' if deal is renegotiated, top EU official warns
10/09/2021
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 MP warns of risk to Good Friday Agreement due to disruption in Irish Sea trade
14/01/2021
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.
Northern Ireland's Assembly will meet on Monday after a successful petition to recall members back to Stormont.
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.
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.
Brussels says renegotiation UK is suggesting will mean more instability for the region.
The UK’s plan to rip up Brexit trade rules slammed for being in ‘clear breach’ of international law
14/06/2022
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.
Former PM brands mooted UK policy ‘absurd’.
"..the goalposts continuously seem to change from the perspective of David Frost’s negotiation strategy and I think now that we’re seeing the goalposts shift once more."
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.
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.
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