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    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Brexit
      UK mobilises top officials as progress made in N Ireland protocol talks

      Insiders say outline of framework agreement on post-Brexit trade is crystallising

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      London holds off calling N Irish poll amid talks to end post-Brexit trade row

      Northern Ireland secretary Heaton-Harris says he will ‘assess carefully all options’ for region in political limbo

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      There is no path back to a pre-Brexit Northern Ireland

      The EU must help Rishi Sunak face down hardliners to break the logjam

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Brexit
      UK and EU to hold fresh N Ireland protocol talks after progress on data

      Tory revolt also brewing over MPs claiming a say in proposed bonfire of EU laws

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Starmer vows to repeal controversial bill on N Ireland amnesties

      Labour leader tells audience in Belfast that draft legislation is ‘wrong’ and ‘we wouldn’t do it’

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Europe Express
      Are we finally entering the Northern Ireland protocol endgame? Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: Former Czech prime minister Babiš guns for the presidency

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Starmer offers Sunak ‘political cover’ to clinch EU deal on N Ireland

      Opposition leader ready to ‘support’ prime minister as moves intensify to resolve dispute over protocol

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      ‘Genuine differences’ remain over NI protocol, says UK foreign secretary

      Cleverly says UK-EU deal must be ‘sustainable’ but he is criticised for not allowing Sinn Féin leader into talks

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Inside Politics
      How worried should Sunak be?

      Complaints on Tory right will grow louder and more agitated in the next few months as a deal over Northern Ireland is struck

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      UK and EU make breakthrough in ‘constructive’ talks on N Ireland trade

      Brussels would have access to British IT data for trading across Irish Sea as protocol negotiations warm

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Brexit
      N Ireland’s post-Brexit trading regime ‘too strict’, says Varadkar

      Irish PM admits compromise is possible as Brussels and London seek to reach deal

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      ExplainerBrexit
      How to fix the Northern Ireland protocol

      Pressure is building on all sides to find a long-term solution and improve post-Brexit relations

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Joe Kennedy appointed US special envoy to Northern Ireland

      Officials in Washington play down former congressman’s diplomatic role, saying he will focus on economic ties

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      Nurses in England and Wales to stage historic strike over pay

      NHS leaders seek to protect some services from industrial action that also affects N Ireland

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      News in-depth
      Northern Ireland’s nurses strike as pay lags behind rest of the UK

      Long wait lists and patient overcrowding add to problems in region’s healthcare

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Non-Fiction
      A united Ireland? Perspectives on a shifting political landscape

      As unification rises up the agenda, traditional allegiances are challenged by demographic change — and the fallout from Brexit

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Philip Stephens
      Neuralgia clashes with exceptionalism in Northern Ireland

      Unionist intransigence over the Irish Sea border rests on insecurity

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Brexit
      Unionist politician tried to dilute UK bill aimed at Northern Ireland protocol

      Former DUP leader Edwin Poots defends effort to ‘cherry pick’ to benefit farmers as ‘entirely reasonable’

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      The legacy and reconciliation bill will further divide Northern Ireland

      Scattering buzzwords like fairy dust around the proposed legislation does nothing to help restore relations

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      Britain after Brexit
      Hunt’s measures provide difficult backdrop to next round of UK-EU talks Premium content

      Plus, investor relief at the orthodox response to the economic crisis

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Sunak and Martin strike positive note on Northern Ireland protocol talks

      Now ‘we want to see meat on the bone’, says taoiseach after fresh push to resolve stalemate

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      InterviewBrexit
      EU and UK ‘not that far apart’ on Northern Ireland, says envoy

      Vale de Almeida tells FT that end to post-Brexit dispute is possible as ‘mood music has changed’ under Sunak

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      London delays N Ireland election in hope of resolving EU trade row

      Heaton-Harris ‘very positive’ deal with Brussels can be reached early next year

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Irish foreign minister calls for DUP compromise on protocol talks

      Coveney says N Ireland party cannot call all the shots in resolving dispute over region’s trading arrangements

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Jane Hartley
      US-UK security co-operation is unparalleled — and must remain so

      The US ambassador on climate, collaboration and why the challenges of the Northern Ireland protocol must be resolved

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