"It’s for UK Parl to legislate as it sees fit. But understand, if UK passes law designed to break International Law, WI & Protocol, then there will be no trade deal. EU cannot ratify a new deal while U.K. is legislating to break a previous agreement. Trust & Good Faith Matters."

The backstop element of the Brexit plan is "not going to change", Ireland's deputy prime minister has said.

'It doesn’t look like the basis of an agreement, that’s for sure'.

Ireland's deputy prime minister has said his country "cannot possibly" support Boris Johnson's Brexit plan, and encouraged the UK to come back with something "fit for purpose".

There is a 'wide gap' between solutions UK government is proposing and what the EU will be able to support, says Coveney.

Tánaiste says it is like saying ‘give me what I want or I’m going to burn the house down’.

Ireland’s Foreign Ministry revealed it issued over 1 million passports for the first time in 2022 and everyone is saying the same thing.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said that more than 230,000 applications have been received to date this year.

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

A majority of MLAs in the Stormont Assembly have signed a joint letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson stating their opposition to proposed legislation to amend the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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

There is growing speculation the PM could soon trigger Article 16 as ongoing talks between the EU and UK continue to fail to resolve problems such as the "sausage war". But Boris Johnson is being given fresh warnings about the impact of such action.

US president Joe Biden can “see through the spin and fog” from London on the Northern Ireland protocol and will urge the British government to implement the deal it agreed, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said on Wednesday.

BILL CLINTON has hit out at the UK’s handling of the ongoing Brexit negotiations for creating “tremendous uncertainty” in Northern Ireland.

Boris Johnson is facing a growing rebellion among senior Conservatives over his controversial Internal Market Bill - while former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major urged MPs to reject it, saying it risked putting the Irish peace process, trade negotiations and the UK's integrity at peril.

Irish backstop is already a compromise designed around British red lines, says Coveney.

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.

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

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.

Report cites leaked proposals for clearance areas 5-10 miles from border and real-time tracking of goods.

Brussels prepares to restrict scope of talks in light of British PM’s ‘strange’ move.

Simon Coveney says EU will not be rushed into signing an agreement.

Downing Street beats a hasty retreat after leak shows backsliding on Good Friday Agreement pledges. / There is near-unanimous political outrage in Ireland over a leaked British government plan to throw up a “buffer zone” with customs posts on the Irish border. Parties across the political spectrum branded it “out of the question”.

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

EU thought to be preparing a ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ offer for Boris Johnson within days.

Finnish prime minister who chairs EU council says ‘no practical or legal’ way to get a deal before meeting.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said a Brexit extension of 21 months is a possibility.

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney warns about the ongoing border disputes, but he stresses that violence is unlikely.

A senior minister has admitted that the Brexit impact on Northern Ireland was “more difficult than we anticipated”.

The move would plunge the UK into a no-deal Brexit.

Angela Merkel has warned that a failure to strike a free-trade deal would be a defeat for both the EU and UK.

Simon Coveney claims Britain attempting to ‘chase some notion of trying to refind its sovereignty’.

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.

Britain has not yet presented any solutions to solve the Brexit impasse, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament substantial progress was being made in the negotiations.

Deal not a high priority for EU anymore, Simon Coveney says.

Britain is taking a “ridiculously simplistic” stance over fishing rights which is threatening to scupper a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.

This follows Britain’s move to postpone customs checks on goods entering the North from Britain. / Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and EU commissioner Maros Sefcovic are scheduled to brief the Friends of Ireland caucus on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, amid concern in Washington about Britain’s decision to delay the implementation of a key part of the Brexit agreement.

The Tánaiste has raised concerns about the "citizenship and identity provisions" of the Good Friday Agreement after a Northern Irish woman lost a challenge by the British Home Office on its ruling that she is British by birth.

European Court of Justice must be ‘final arbiter’ on EU law and regulations, says Minister.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said evidence suggests the British government is preparing to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, as he warned that doing so could lead to a trade dispute between the European Union and the UK.

Members of the US Congress are to receive a briefing today on the latest Brexit developments from Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has warned the EU was very close to refusing the latest demands from the British government over Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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.

UK overriding Brexit deal would be act of ‘bad faith’, says Democrat US congressman.

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

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

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

Non-Irish EU citizens will need US-style waiver to cross border.

More than half of Ireland’s medicines come from or are transited via the UK.

Simon Coveney reportedly clashed with Jeremy Hunt over UK’s alleged attempts to isolate Ireland.

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.

Donald Tusk responds to claims by No 10 source that EU is willing to ‘torpedo the Good Friday agreement’.

Senior Tory Simon Hoare tells i that ripping up Brexit deal in a cost of living crisis would not be ‘grown-up statecraft’.

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

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

Mr Coveney said a long extension to Article 50 would give the UK a "long reflection period" to consider the kind of Brexit it wanted and could facilitate a fundamental rethink.

Brussels ‘would respond in a serious way’ if London suspends operation of NI protocol.

Ministers express ‘unity’ on European Commission’s legal proceedings in Luxembourg meeting.

The EU is "negotiating with a partner it simply can't trust" in post-Brexit talks, Ireland's foreign minister has said.

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.

Brexit Secretary had warned Ireland would suffer more than UK.

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

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 European Union sued Britain on Wednesday (local time) over its move to rewrite the trade rules agreed to when the country left the EU two years ago, ratcheting up tensions between the major economic partners.

Michel Barnier tells EU ministers that British proposals so far aren't good enough.

Talks aimed at avoiding a trade war take place in ‘gloomy atmosphere’.

Tánaiste criticises ‘language of enemies’ in British media Brexit coverage.

Pressure mounting for breakthrough ahead of EU leaders’ video conference.

Ireland's deputy prime minister has warned the European Union will not renegotiate the Brexit withdrawal agreement, regardless of who succeeds Theresa May as prime minister.

Point will come when EU says ‘enough, we cannot compromise any more’, warns Irish foreign minister.

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

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.

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

THE governments of Ireland and Wales have revealed a joint action plan outlining their ambitions for their post-Brexit relationship in the years ahead.

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”.

Simon Coveney urges UK government to ‘behave as modern democracies’ should and honour international agreements.

Ireland's diplomatic presence in Britain has increased, with the opening today of a Consulate General in Manchester.

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

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

Britain's decision to make unilateral changes to Northern Irish Brexit arrangements is "not the appropriate behaviour of a respectable country" and will erode trust with the European Union, senior Irish ministers said on Thursday.

Bill readied amid concerns over impact on agriculture, food processing and transport.

Ireland accused the Government of “shifting the playing field” over Northern Ireland on Monday as Brexit tensions between the UK and Brussels escalated.

Coveney announces plan ahead of virtual Dublin visit by Manchester and Liverpool mayors.

Following a Cabinet meeting at Derrynane in Co Kerry, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that the Government will hire over 1,000 new customs and veterinary inspectors before 2021 to administer at our ports and airports as Ireland prepares for a possible hard Brexit.

The contenders to become Britain’s prime minister should not “dumb down” the issues Brexit presents for the Irish border by suggesting simplistic solutions, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Friday.

Minister for Foreign Affairs speaking ahead of key meetings at White House, Capitol Hill.

Ireland will not engage in bilateral talks on Brexit and will only negotiate as part of the 27 remaining members of the European Union, European Affairs Minister Helen McEntee has said.

But ensuring Irish interests are part of any final Brexit trade deal ‘will not be easy’.

A no-deal Brexit will mean checks somewhere on goods travelling across the Irish border and a change of UK leadership won't change things. "Realities do not change. This is not a personality based issue"

EU must continue to monitor and ensure that the British hold up their side of the bargain.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Simon Coveney about the latest developments regarding Britain's exit from the European Union and Ireland's upcoming seat on the U.N. Security Council.

Simon Coveney also warns no deal is more likely than ever. / Ireland’s foreign minister has blasted the “inaccurate” discussion of Brexit taking place during the Conservative leadership contest.

Foreign minister says UK should admit what it has signed up to.

Simon Coveney says Ireland will work to ensure the 'practical benefits' of EU citizenship continue to apply to people in Northern Ireland.

Irish cabinet ministers will meet on Tuesday to hear of the “dire” consequences of a no-deal Brexit on Ireland and the all-Ireland economy.

Officials expect around 5,000 people to apply online during St Patrick’s weekend.

ONLY ABOUT ONE in eight Irish people trust the British government, according to polling carried out by Ireland Thinks on behalf of The Journal.

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.

Many Conservative party members will be wondering where they go from here. / There is talk of damage limitation and trying to save as many seats as possible in the next election.

US president Joe Biden is set to issue a fresh Brexit warning to prime minister Boris Johnson during their first face-to-face meeting at the G7 summit this week.

Move threatens to collapse talks that PM has said must be completed within weeks.

Simon Coveney says British prime minister’s Commons statements ‘very unhelpful’.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) does not believe loyalist paramilitary groups, based on a current assessment, will break their 1994 ceasefires.

Simon Coveney warns talks may collapse amid fishing rights impasse

Ministers are planning new legislation that would override a key part of last year's EU withdrawal agreement.

Fewer than 50,000 were issued in 2015.

MANCHESTER will be the location for a new Consulate General of Ireland due to be opened in England next year it was revealed this week.

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

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that Ireland would not be carrying out bilateral negotiations with the UK in relation to no-deal Brexit planning.

A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael Gove 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 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.

The British government has chosen unilaterally to break the protocol, which it signed two years ago – but Europe stands by it.

Lord Frost has been accused of laying out red lines he knew the EU could not accept, to deliberately engineer “a breakdown in relations”, by a leading Irish minister.

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.

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

The head of a major peace fund in the north has warned paramilitary groups on both sides of the divide there are gaining support from vulnerable communities who feel they have been let down by the peace process. / "Brexit has brought up issues of culture and identity, and raised old sores that had gone well into the background."

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

The Irish Government held high level discussions this week with the Biden administration over UK plans to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said.

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.

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock says talks need to avoid opening ‘old wounds’.

Progress "has not been good" in negotiations to reach a post-Brexit trade deal, the Tánaiste (Irish deputy PM) has said.

The UK's government is "shifting the playing field" in discussions on the Northern Protocol, the Foreign Affairs Minister has said.

Andrew Marr: “Would the EU block goods entering Northern Ireland from Britain?” / Simon Coveney: “Sorry, there is no blockade proposed. And that is the type of inflammatory language coming from No 10 which is spin. And not truth"

A slim majority of voters in Northern Ireland view its post-Brexit trade arrangements as being on balance a "good thing" for the British-run region, a sharp increase in the last four months, a poll showed on Thursday.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said that Brexit negotiations are "at the very end" and if a deal cannot be done on the future EU-UK relationship and on trade then the focus will shift very soon to a no deal scenario.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has told the Dáil that the imposition of any tariffs on agricultural products between the UK and Ireland would be very damaging and the Government would prepare a detailed response to such actions.

'We cannot continue to have crisis after crisis around the uncertainty and the brinksmanship of Brexit negotiations'

After years of denying the downsides of Britain’s split from the European Union, the Brexit taboo is starting to lift in the governing Conservative Party and the country’s right-wing press.

Prime minister launches new plan to win backing for her deal as she prepares to update MPs on way forward

The prime minister is pinning her strategy on securing a concession to mitigate the indefinite backstop arrangement.

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

Tearing up Northern Ireland protocol ‘will spark trade war, drive up inflation and damage UK influence’, warns senior Tory MP.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said "trust has been damaged and eroded" between the EU and the UK due to the "hugely irresponsible" actions of the British government in signalling its intent to override elements of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

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

The government has signed a Brexit side-deal with Ireland to guarantee Irish and British citizens retain special rights in each others countries in the event of no deal.

UK FOREIGN Secretary Dominic Raab has accused the EU of putting pressure on the Good Friday Agreement with its approach to the ongoing Brexit negotiations.

The British government has been warned that there is "no legal or political justification" for unilateral action on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Simon Coveney says new legislation will break international law and damage relations between UK and EU.

Cabinet office minister drops 'no compromise' stance, saying: 'If that is the price that we have to pay, then there we go'

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is expected to outline plans on Tuesday to legislate at Westminster to override parts of the Irish Sea trade arrangement.

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.

Responsbility to ‘implement’ Northern Ireland Protocol, says Annalena Baerbock ahead of meeting with foreign secretary James Cleverly

‘No justification’ for bid to ditch NI protocol, Ireland and Germany warn Johnson.

The UK government’s plan to walk away from parts of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal is destroying the repaired relationship with the EU, political leaders and diplomats have said.

Michael Gove asks for extension until 2023

European affairs minister says British government out of step with preserving peace with protocol threats.

Irish foreign minister hits out at Brexit minister over provocative article on Northern Ireland protocol

Frost’s latest remarks have been slammed as “a very strange way to make friends and build partnerships”.

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

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.

Richard Neal condemns decision to extend grace period for customs checks between NI and Britain.

The fifth plenary session of the All-Island Civic Dialogue on Brexit is taking place at Dublin Castle. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will be among the speakers.

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.

Dozens of ferry routes avoiding Welsh ports have been established between Ireland and mainland Europe over the past year because of Brexit, Ireland's foreign affairs minister has said.

Numerous new ferry routes avoiding Welsh ports have been established between Ireland and mainland Europe over the past year because of Brexit, Ireland's foreign affairs minister has said.

So what is the ECJ, what is its role in the protocol and what are the possible alternatives?

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.

The EU's ambassador to the U.K. on Sunday conceded there was little trust between the two sides ahead of a meeting this week to discuss contentious trade barriers with Northern Ireland.

Minister has urged companies to begin testing direct sea routes from next month.

Ireland’s foreign affairs minister has said any attempt to undermine the Northern Ireland Protocol poses “real difficulties”.

Renouncing principles would be ‘astonishing’ move by UK, says French foreign minister.

Taoiseach receives mix of praise, promises of votes and abuse over Government’s stance.

A prominent Irish politician has said there is “more to come” amid Wales being increasingly bypassed by Irish-French sea connections.

Parliament Brexit chief says proposal is ‘mainly a repackaging of the bad ideas that have already been floated in the past’.

Jamie McMillan said his sales are down 40 per cent since Brexit.

Irish Foreign Minister @simoncoveney tells @Peston that checks required on goods coming into N.Ireland are causing disruption.