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Countdown to Brexit:

Speaker John Bercow speaking in the House of Commons on Monday. He prevented the government from putting the new Brexit deal to a “meaningful vote”. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK parliament/AFP via Getty Images Johnson on mission to rush legislation for his Brexit deal through parliament

Rees-Mogg has given just three days to debate the Withdrawal Agreement Bill so it can pass all stages by Thursday

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees Mogg. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament Johnson’s Bill likely to stumble as soon as it clears first hurdle
Secretary of state for exiting the European Union Steve Barclay: said goods shipped from Northern Ireland to Great Britain would have to be accompanied by an “exit summary declaration” under EU customs rules. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty London breaking promise on market access for North, DUP claims

A London march by the People’s Vote organisation calling for a final Brexit say in a second referendum. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP via Getty Images EU adopts wait-and-see approach as all eyes are on Westminster turmoil
British prime minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons last Saturday. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP via Getty Brexit: Boris Johnson seeks to fast-track Brexit legislation
Britain’s Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay. Photograph: Ben Stansall/ AFP via Getty NI companies selling goods to Britain must complete export forms after Brexit
A grey colt yearling pictured in the parade ring in Goffs, Co Kildare. Photograph: Aidan Crawley Brexit impacts on profits and bloodstock sales at Goffs in Kildare
Demonstrators hold placards and EU flags as they take part in a march organised by the People's Vote organisation in central London last weekend. Photograph: Niklas Halle'n/ AFP Irish in Britain on Brexit deal: ‘I have lived in England for 30 years. I feel like leaving now’
Brexit traps UK stocks in Hotel California
‘One of the reoccurring characters in the Brexit soap opera is the most widely used document of Irish citizenship, the Irish passport.’ File photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times Una Mullally: Brexit shows up our nonsensical approach to Irish citizenship
British prime minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons on Saturday. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK parliament/AFP via Getty Images UK government says it can secure Commons backing for Brexit deal
The military and the Garda’s intelligence wing plan to use a large increase in the secret service budget to reactivate old paramilitary sources ahead of Brexit. File photograph: iStock Garda and military plan to reactivate paramilitary sources ahead of Brexit

Barry Cowen: he says the revised deal negotiated by Boris Johnson paves the way for a much harder Brexit than envisaged by his predecessor Theresa May Fianna Fáil: Money in budget for no-deal Brexit should go to businesses
Leslie Garvan on board one of his two fishing boats in Kilkeel harbor in Northern Ireland. Photograph: James Forde for The Irish Times ‘Britain ruled the waves. It was took off us by the EU . . . the dogs’
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said a deal was likely to pass in Westminster. File photograph: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Pool via Reuters Risk of no-deal Brexit is low, but preparation must continue – Varadkar
Despite Saturday’s setback, Boris Johnson remains in a strong position to get his deal through parliament and deliver Brexit but may struggle to do so by October 31st. Photograph: EPA/UK parliament/Jessica Taylor Brexit: Johnson faces into week of crucial votes
British prime minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons during the first Saturday sitting of parliament since 1982. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP via Getty Brexit: Labour signals backing for referendum on PM’s deal
Figures depicting British prime minister Boris Johnson and his special adviser Dominic Cummings during a pro-EU demonstration in London Chris Johns: lying is the default setting as Brexit corruption spreads
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British prime minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons on Saturday. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK parliament/AFP via Getty Images UK government says it can secure Commons backing for Brexit deal
The military and the Garda’s intelligence wing plan to use a large increase in the secret service budget to reactivate old paramilitary sources ahead of Brexit. File photograph: iStock Garda and military plan to reactivate paramilitary sources ahead of Brexit
Barry Cowen: he says the revised deal negotiated by Boris Johnson paves the way for a much harder Brexit than envisaged by his predecessor Theresa May Fianna Fáil: Money in budget for no-deal Brexit should go to businesses
Leslie Garvan on board one of his two fishing boats in Kilkeel harbor in Northern Ireland. Photograph: James Forde for The Irish Times ‘Britain ruled the waves. It was took off us by the EU . . . the dogs’
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said a deal was likely to pass in Westminster. File photograph: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Pool via Reuters Risk of no-deal Brexit is low, but preparation must continue – Varadkar
British prime minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons during the first Saturday sitting of parliament since 1982. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP via Getty Brexit: Labour signals backing for referendum on PM’s deal
Leo Varadkar arriving for the second day of a two-day summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Friday. He said the idea of a bridge linking Northern Ireland to Scotland “needs to be looked at”. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Bridge linking Northern Ireland and Scotland should not be dismissed - Varadkar
Democratic Unionist Party MP and Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson speaking in the House of Commons during Saturday’s Brexit deal debate. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP via Getty Images It is clear Boris Johnson ‘does need the DUP’, says party MP
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks in the House of Commons in London on Saturday. Brexit: Johnson sends unsigned letter to EU seeking delay
Prime minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons. Photograph: PRU/AFP via Getty Images) Brexit Q&A: What happens next?
Sir Patrick Stewart speaks at the anti-Brexit rally in Parliament Square in London. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire Hundreds of thousands protest for ‘people’s vote’ on Brexit in London
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arrives for the second day of a two-day summit of European Union leaders in Brussels on Friday. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Many no-deal plans to be stood down if deal approved, Varadkar says
Goldy Hyder urged the Irish Government to ratify the EU-Canada trade deal, Ceta. Photograph: iStock Brexit will attract investors to Ireland, says Canadian business leader
British prime minister Boris Johnson: With hardline Brexiteers still undecided and expelled Conservatives divided over how to vote, the outcome is expected to depend on a handful of votes. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Brexit deal hangs in the balance as Johnson tries to marshal a majority
Nigel Dodds, Boris Johnson and Arlene Foster. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty ‘Brexit is pushing the more liberal unionists down a different path’
Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel and UK prime minister Boris Johnson during the EU summit in Brussels. Photograph: John Thys/AFP via Getty Brexit breakthrough enabled by an almost complete British retreat
Outgoing president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker earned a round of applause from the hardbitten hacks. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA EU’s Brexit unity falls away when it comes to accession and budget
Business and farming interests in North say more clarity is needed about how the deal would actually operate but all relieved as hard border prospect fades. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Farmers and business in North await detail on Brexit deal
Former UK prime minister John Major has said the latest Brexit deal splits Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK. Photograph: Tom Honan Blair and Major warn Brexit deal could upset balance in North
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (right) with British prime minister Boris Johnson during a Brexit summit in Brussels. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA Explainer: How would the Brexit deal's dual customs plan work?
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said many of the Government’s preparations for a no-deal Brexit would be stood down if the House of Commons votes to approve the new agreement. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins ‘Pound is still pound, queen is still queen’, Taoiseach tells unionists
Flags and signs left by protesters outside the Houses of Parliament, Central London. File photograph: Will Olivier/EPA Irish in Britain: What do you think of the Brexit deal?
British prime minister Boris Johnson at the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. Photograph: Frank Augstein Brexit deal gets broad welcome as media focus turns to Commons vote
DUP leader Arlene Foster (L): Boris Johnson (R) ‘was under pressure and conceded too much’. Photograph: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS, PAUL FAITH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Brexit: ‘Under pressure’ Johnson ‘conceded too much’, says DUP’s Foster
In an effort to maintain an open Irish border, the EU is outsourcing checks on goods coming on to the island of Ireland – and possibly into the EU market. Photograph: Alan Betson Brexit: Out-but-in customs plan has hallmarks of hastily agreed deal
British prime minister Boris Johnson, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen and German chancellor Angela Merkel at the European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA Brexit on a knife edge as Johnson in race to win support for deal
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and president of the European Council Donald Tusk during a press conference at the Brexit summit in Brussels. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA New Brexit deal same as May’s but with tweaks regarding Ireland
A file image of DUP leader Arlene Foster and deputy leader Nigel Dodds leaving 10 Downing Street in London. Mr Dodds said the latest Brexit deal drives ‘a coach and horses’ through the Belfast Agreement. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images. DUP says Boris Johnson failed to hold ‘his nerve’ on latest Brexit deal
British prime minister Boris Johnson: ‘I am very confident that when my colleagues in Parliament study this agreement that they will want to vote for it on Saturday and in succeeding days.’ Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/EPA Brexit: Johnson ‘very confident’ MPs will back deal
President of the European Comission Jean-Claude Juncker, right, and UK prime minister Boris Johnson shake hands during a press conference on the Brexit deal in Brussels on October 17th. Photograph: EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET Brexit deal could lead to smuggling upsurge, expert warns
Minister for Finance Pascal Donohoe: ‘The next critical phase will be how the House of Commons responds back to this.’ File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire ‘Space for the House of Commons to form a view’ on Brexit deal needed – Donohoe
Boris Johnson needs 320 MPs to back his deal to win a majority of one. File photograph: Getty By the numbers: Can Boris Johnson get his deal through Westminster?
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney described the deal as a ‘very big achievement’ and believed ‘it is a deal worth supporting’. Photograph: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images EU deal means a different ‘backstop’, Tánaiste tells Dáil
DUP leader Arlene Foster (centre), flanked by Nigel Dodds (left), and Jeffrey Donaldson, outside 10 Downing Street. File photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas DUP statement on Brexit: ‘We will be unable to support these proposals’
A Bloomberg terminal shows the rise and fall in the value of the pound sterling against the US dollar over the last three days Sterling’s rally evaporates on doubts about getting Brexit deal approval
Boris Johnson may pass the Brexit deal in the House of Commons if a group of Labour backbenchers support it, a Tory ERG member has said. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images Johnson may not need DUP votes, says Tory ERG member
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves from the rear of 10 Downing Street in central London on Wednesday night. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP Boris ‘behind bars’ photo paints gloomy Brexit picture
Democratic speaker of the house from California Nancy Pelosi. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA No US-UK trade deal if Brexit threatens peace process, says Pelosi
The Westbury in Dublin is experiencing good trading. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Turnover up at Doyle’s four UK hotels despite Brexit uncertainty
British prime minister Boris Johnson hopes to put the new deal before the House of Commons at a special sitting on Saturday. Photograph: Getty Brexit: Dublin fears DUP concerns may block agreement
British prime minister Boris Johnson: ‘We’re on the Hillary Step going strong for the summit, but it is shrouded in cloud.’ Photograph: Getty Brexit: Johnson struggles to secure DUP backing for deal
According to a lawmaker present in the meeting, Mr Johnson said: ‘We’re not there yet. We are ascending the mountain, peak is in sight though partly shrouded in cloud.’ Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA/Bloomberg EU and UK move towards Brexit deal but ‘doubts’ remain in London
German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron hold a press conference in Toulouse. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA Brexit negotiations ‘in final sprint’, says Merkel
Alastair Campbell addresses The Phil debating society at Trinity College Dublin Photograph: Laura Hutton Johnson won’t get Brexit deal signed off by October 31st – Alastair Campbell
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams: ‘A party that calls itself the Democratic Unionist Party have to recognise that the majority of people voted to remain within the European Union.’ File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times Brexit will ‘infect’ Irish-British relations for years, Gerry Adams says
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: ‘My expectation is there will be election in 2020, not this year.’ . Photograph: Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Bloomberg FG to make tax cuts ‘priority’ ahead of election, says Donohoe
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar delivers his address on Ireland’s Agri-Food Strategy to 2030 at the Aviva stadium in Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Taoiseach hopeful of Brexit deal by end of week
US Congressman Richard Neal speaks during a meeting with Tánaiste Simon Coveney in Dublin on April 16th, 2019. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters. US will not pass trade deal with UK if Belfast Agreement undermined, Congressman says
British prime minister Boris Johnson in London on Tuesday. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA/Bloomberg Government hopeful draft Brexit deal will be ready for EU summit
DUP leader Arlene Foster. File photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire DUP says ‘gaps remain’ on Brexit deal after Downing Street talks
Former special envoy to Northern Ireland for the US Gary Hart. File photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Ex-US envoy to North calls on government to push for Border status quo
Boris Johnson spent 80 minutes in ‘constructive’ talks with chairman of the European Research Group Steve Baker. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty British PM delays cabinet meeting amid signs of Brexit agreement
Labour leader Brendan Howlin said opposition parties had not been briefed on the pathway found during the meeting Varadkar one-on-one meeting with Johnson was ‘significant risk’ – Howlin
Credit unions hold about €1.8 billion in investments in the UK. Credit unions may have to pull €1.8bn from UK in chaotic Brexit
German chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the mechanical engineering summit in Berlin on Tuesday. Photograph: Felipe Trueba/EPA What’s the German word for a feeling of being left in the dark?
Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons: set out his government’s priorities at a ceremony of pomp and pageantry attended by the queen. Photograph: HO/AFP via Getty Johnson adamant Brexit will occur on October 31st
Down Royal officials believe it’s unlikely their biggest meeting of the year will be significantly affected in the event of no-deal. Mullins hopeful Down Royal won’t be impacted by Brexit
Leo Varadkar meeting with UK prime minister Boris Johnson at Thornton Manor Hotel last week. Photograph: PA Brexit: Mapping how we got to the latest proposal
Tánaiste Simon Coveney and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, last Tuesday. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/AFP/Getty Images. Brexit: Coveney says deal possible this week as EU seeks UK concessions
Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Bloomberg Brexit: President of Cyprus voices hope for united Ireland
EU-27 ambassadors were briefed by EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier on the talks that have continued over the weekend in a restricted secret session. Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg Hopes fade that Brexit deal can be put to EU leaders this week
DUP leader Arlene Foster. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Brexit: Hopes of deal by deadline fade as DUP opposition hardens
Boris Johnson in Downing Street, London this week. File photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Boris Johnson claimed he was ‘a bit of a Europhile’ at private dinner in 2013
File photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas AFP/Getty Brexit: Johnson reports ‘significant amount of work’ required to reach deal
Nigel Dodds: ‘Northern Ireland must stay in a full UK customs union, full stop’. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Proposed solution to Brexit deadlock ‘cannot work’, says Dodds
EU Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Friday. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images EU-UK talks to continue over weekend as search for deal goes on
UK Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay is welcomed by EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels. Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP Pool. DUP fires warning after EU and UK agree to intensify Brexit talks
The DUP remains opposed to a UK or Northern Ireland only Brexit backstop and anything that ‘traps’ Northern Ireland in the EU single market or customs union, Arlene Foster has said. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Wire. DUP opposed to Brexit deal that ‘traps’ Northern Ireland in EU
Toyota has two manufacturing facilities in Britain, employing over 3,800 workers directly. Brexit: Toyota warns its UK plants in jeopardy under no-deal
The Central Bank said a hard Brexit would lead to an unemployment rate of nearly 7 per cent, and a significant decline in consumption and investment. Photograph: Alan Betson Hard Brexit will trigger domestic recession, Central Bank warns
Brexit talks: British prime minister Boris Johnson in conversation with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Photograph: PA Brexit: All eyes on Brussels as Johnson and Varadkar move closer to ‘possible deal’
A truck passes a former customs post in Jonesborough, Co Armagh. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Brexit Border plan a non-runner, say Troubles-era customs officers
‘Apart from the risk of fire, stockpiling could also lead to chemicals being stored in close proximity to other chemicals that are incompatible with one another.’ Photograph: iStock Brexit: Risks of stockpiling chemicals communicated to businesses
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime minister Boris Johnson shake hands outside Thornton Manor Hotel near Birkenhead on Thursday. Photograph: Noel Mullen/Government Press Office via Getty Images Brexit: Varadkar sees ‘pathway to an agreement in coming weeks’
Anti-Brexit protesters outside the entrance to Thornton Manor, a luxury wedding venue on The Wirral, in Cheshire, where British prime minister Boris Johnson and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar are meeting in a bid to break the Brexit deadlock . Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Wire Venue for Johnson-Varadkar talks also hosted Coleen Rooney’s 21st
Sterling was softer against a stronger euro. Photograph: iStock Sterling dips to one-month low against euro as Brexit talks in focus
Seán Kelly, MEP: ‘Brexit changed the attitude and culture in Ireland around the issue. People are now talking about a united Ireland that were never considering it five years ago.’ Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision Steps to referendums on Irish unity accelerated by Brexit – report
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier: there is little expectation in Brussels that a breakthrough is possible to enable EU leaders to approve a deal. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq Dublin plays down chances of Brexit deal as Varadkar meets Johnson
UK prime minister Boris Johnson at Downing Street in London. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA. Boris Johnson vows election manifesto will not be explicitly no-deal
Nissan’s Logo. The car giant is to end the night shift at a UK plant, workers have been told. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire Nissan to end night shift at its Sunderland car plant amid Brexit uncertainty
It will be the second meeting between the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime Minister Boris Johnson in the space of three weeks. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Varadkar and Johnson to meet in UK for Brexit discussions on Thursday
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, beside Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday. Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg ‘Stormont lock’ a non-runner in Brexit deal, says EU
DUP Deputy leader Nigel Dodds and leader Arlene Foster. Photograph: Rebecca Black/PA Wire Sterling erases gains as EU ‘concession’ denied
Brexit: ‘A no-deal election is on the cards’
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to greet European Parliament president David Sassoli prior to a private meeting at 10 Downing Street for a meeting in London. Photograph: Aaron Chown/AFP via Getty Images European shares weighed down by trade, Brexit worries
Down Royal Racecourse. Photograph: Inpho Down Royal in ‘limbo’ over prospect of no-deal Brexit
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: ‘I don’t play dirty, and I don’t think most EU leaders do either.’ Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Brexit: Varadkar and Johnson plan talks amid growing rancour
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke for 40 minutes by telephone on Tuesday afternoon. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Varadkar and Johnson talk by phone and reiterate desire to reach Brexit deal
Some toilet paper supplies might not withstand a no-deal Brexit, a manufacturer has suggested. File photograph: Getty Image Roll Britannia: UK is warned toilet paper supplies may not withstand no-deal Brexit
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, ahead of talks at the European Commission. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/EPA Brexit: Boris Johnson wants to strike deal, says Coveney
German chancellor Angela Merkel and British prime minister Boris Johnson: held a bruising phone conversation. File phototograph (August 2019): Stefan Rousseau/PA Brexit: Johnson allies blame Merkel as they admit deal hopes effectively dead
Sir Keir Starmer: “Talks with the EU are collapsing as we speak. The proposals the government put forward last week were never going to work.” Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Johnson accused of collapsing Brexit talks and engaging in a reckless blame game
British prime minister Boris Johnson and German chancellor Angela Merkel. German officials say the chancellor will continue looking for a solution to the Brexit deadlock until time is up. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire Germany shrugs off British leaks of Brexit phone call between Johnson and Merkel
‘The tool that the EU always uses is market discipline,’ according to chief economist at New York-based PineBridge Investments Markus Schomer. Hard Brexit may trigger ‘severe market crash’ for UK