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Truss seeks to assure Biden over NI Protocol at New York meeting

Liz Truss was working to end the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol within six months as she sought to reassure Joe Biden she is committed to upholding the peace process. The Prime Minister held her first meeting with the US president in New ...

21 Sept 2022 at 23:57

Northern Ireland

Latest attempt to restore Stormont powersharing ends in failure

The latest bid to restore Northern Ireland’s powersharing institutions has failed. The attempt to elect an Assembly speaker – a prerequisite of reconstituting the devolved legislature – was always set to fail, due to an ongoing DUP block on the ...

03 Aug 2022 at 14:29

Northern Ireland

MLAs to gather in latest attempt to elect Stormont speaker

MLAs will gather at Stormont in the latest attempt to restore the devolved powersharing institutions in Northern Ireland. However, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s Democratic Unionist Party will again block the election of an Assembly speaker, meaning ...

03 Aug 2022 at 03:45

Northern Ireland

DUP cannot give timetable for return to powersharing, says Donaldson

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said he cannot set out a timetable for his party’s return to devolved powersharing at Stormont. Sir Jeffrey said his party can only make a decision on its next move when the incoming prime minister is in ...

03 Aug 2022 at 11:17

Northern Ireland

Heckling as Northern Ireland Protocol Bill introduced to House of Lords

A controversial move to rip up parts of the post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland has been heckled as it was introduced in the House of Lords in an indication of the rocky ride ahead. There was laughter as a number of members were heard to ...

21 Jul 2022 at 19:37

National News

Change of PM could herald ‘new start’ in Brussels-London relationship

The EU is hopeful a change in UK prime minister will herald a “new start” in relations between Brussels and London, a senior Irish minister has said. Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said he does not have a preference between Liz ...

21 Jul 2022 at 15:00

Northern Ireland

Maros Sefcovic: Protocol Bill is damaging trust and respect with EU

Controversial Government legislation that would empower UK ministers to unilaterally override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol is damaging trust and respect with the EU, Maros Sefcovic has said. The European Commission vice ...

02 Sept 2022 at 21:59

National News

Taoiseach praises Rishi Sunak’s ‘pragmatic’ approach to NI Protocol dispute

The Taoiseach has praised Rishi Sunak’s “pragmatic” approach to resolving the stand-off over Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Anglo-Irish relations have significantly improved of late but he said ...

11 Nov 2022 at 16:51

Northern Ireland

Edwin Poots defends attempt to change Northern Ireland Protocol bill

Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Edwin Poots has defended an apparent attempt to change the Northern Ireland Protocol bill. Northern Ireland’s executive and assembly has been blocked from forming by the DUP in ...

26 Nov 2022 at 06:45

National News

Truss: ‘Absolutely no reason’ for EU anger over plan to override Brexit deal

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said there was “absolutely no reason” for the European Union to retaliate against the UK after plans to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol caused outrage in Brussels and capitals across the ...

14 Jun 2022 at 11:45

National News

'I shudder to think' - Bertie Ahern warns Ireland could become semi-detached from EU single market

Bertie Ahern has said there a real danger that Ireland could become semi-detached from the EU single market if the UK Protocol Bill becomes law. The former Taoiseach said that if the British Government pushes ahead with ...

21 Jun 2022 at 17:48

National News

Stormont brake clears Commons despite opposition from Tory MPs and DUP

Rishi Sunak’s new deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland has cleared its first Commons test despite opposition from some Tory MPs and the DUP. MPs voted 515 to 29, majority 486, in favour of ...

22 Mar 2023 at 16:04

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