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Brexit

Donaldson says priority is removing trade checks, not ECJ

Jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the North has emerged as red-line issue for Britain post-Brexit, but DUP leader says issue is ‘a fair question’
  • Daniel Murray
  • February 27, 2022

Dan O’Brien: Protocol is the last piece of the Brexit puzzle for the next British leader

A new prime minister taking office without Europe as a major issue could result in British politics settling down quickly — and the focus turning to Northern Ireland
  • Dan O'Brien
  • February 6, 2022

Trade volumes between Dublin and Britain plunge since Brexit

The change in customs and food safety rules resulted in a dramatic shift in trade patterns through Ireland’s largest port in 2021
  • Lorcan Allen
  • January 21, 2022

Analysis: Northern Ireland protocol issue becomes ever more pressing as elections approach

Liz Truss may have struck a more diplomatic tone than her predecessor David Frost in negotiations with Maros Sefcovic, but substantive progress on key issues is required
  • Daniel Murray
  • January 18, 2022

Frost says he was ‘never taken seriously’ during Brexit and NI protocol talks

The former Brexit negotiator has also claimed that many top EU officials are ‘heavily invested in Brexit failing’
  • Daniel Murray
  • January 16, 2022

All-island research project launched to pinpoint problems in Northern Ireland economy

The project was launched today by Ibec and the Economic and Social Research Institute
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • November 16, 2021

Michael Brennan: Biden’s support for Ireland is key in inch-by-inch Brexit battle

Those who threaten to invoke Article 16 will be given pause for thought if the ‘special relationship’ between the US and UK is perceived to be at risk
  • Michael Brennan
  • November 15, 2021

Dan O’Brien: No good options for Ireland as Brexit nightmare goes from bad to worse

Even if the British government backs down on its threat to ditch the protocol, prospects for a calming of tensions in Northern Ireland are bleak
  • Dan O'Brien
  • November 14, 2021

Editorial: Tories and DUP must face up to Brexit disaster they created

With Britain isolated in Europe and its economy hurting, the likes of David Frost and Jeffrey Donaldson must know that the hard Brexit they sought made the Northern Ireland Protocol inevitable
  • Business Post
  • September 12, 2021

Susan O’Keeffe: Donaldson’s threat is a folly of stupendous proportion

The DUP leader is attempting a car crash style of solution while showing a glaring lack of understanding of just how long and tortuous this Brexit road has been
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • September 10, 2021

Lucinda Creighton: The greatest shame of the Brexit disaster are the weak leaders who allowed it

As the full scale of the economic costs of Brexit begins to make itself known in Britain, many who advocated for it are wishing they could turn back the clock – but, of course, they can’t
  • Lucinda Creighton
  • August 15, 2021

Sean Kelly: Is Britain’s Command Paper genuine negotiation or political grandstanding?

After years of erratic politics, fickle promises and cliff edges around Brexit, patience has truly worn thin, but the EU and the Irish government will continue to seek solutions
  • Sean Kelly
  • August 6, 2021

Susan O’Keeffe: Britain’s tough talking on Northern Ireland protocol conceals a crumbling mess

The British government’s call for a ‘standstill’ on the protocol lays bare the failings of Brexit and puts the EU back in the driving seat
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • July 22, 2021

John Walsh: Britain’s slide to illiberal state gathers pace under Boris Johnson

While Britain’s political travails are not yet on a par with Hungary’s or Poland’s, there have been some very alarming developments of late
  • John Walsh
  • July 11, 2021

Brexit fallout: ‘Sausage war’ is just a taste of food trade disputes to come

The row that has erupted in recent weeks isn’t confined to the status of the humble Cumberland sausage, but is indicative of core disagreements about the implementation of EU laws on food standards
  • Lorcan Allen
  • July 11, 2021

Susan O’Keeffe: One Nation One Britain anthem strikes the wrong note

The British Education Secretary wants school children to join together and sing for shared values of tolerance, kindness, pride and respect on ‘One Britain One Nation day’ — has he taken leave of his senses?
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • June 24, 2021

Food exporters worried over increase in Brexit border controls, BOI says

Bank of Ireland’s head of food and drink says there is still uncertainty over what the new checks for meat and dairy, due to start in October, will entail
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • June 3, 2021

Brian Keegan: NI protocol is working, it‘s the processes that need smoothing

Flawed as it is, the protocol plays a big role in volumes of trade on the island of Ireland which are very much in the North’s favour
  • Brian Keegan
  • April 25, 2021

Chris Patten: The UK’s hard Brexit choices have arrived

The UK government’s policy review reflects a characteristic Johnsonian feature: a chasm between aspirations and reality that cannot be bridged by make-believe and mendacity
  • Chris Patten
  • March 22, 2021

Lucinda Creighton: As value of imports and exports plummet in wake of Brexit, we need an urgent solution

A fall of 65 per cent in British imports to Ireland in January gives lie to the mere ‘teething problems’ claimed by Brexiteers, with the collapse now in full swing
  • Lucinda Creighton
  • March 21, 2021

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