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The Department of Social Protection said plans for a no-deal Brexit had been stepped up in recent weeks. Photograph: iStock ‘Broad agreement’ for payments to UK pension holders in Republic

Government aims to maintain status quo in event of no-deal Brexit

A bureau de change near Victoria Station in London. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Chris Johns: Brace yourself for the Brexit ‘fudge’ crisis
You can bring in goods worth €430 from outside the EU but once imports go above this value, customs and VAT become payable. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill What might Brexit mean for your pocket and your job prospects?
French concern at rerouting: At stake are jobs, millions of dollars’ worth of port revenues and possibly EU infrastructure funding. Brexit: France to veto re-routed trade plan between Ireland and Europe
Leading Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg. File photograph: Victoria Jones/PA Jacob Rees-Mogg slams Boris Johnson ‘show trial’ over burka comments
Duty free: Once the UK becomes a “third country” outside EU structures, no duties will apply to goods brought from the UK to Ireland by consumers once their combined value does not exceed €430 for someone aged above 15 or €215 for someone below 15. Photograph: Eric Luke Post-Brexit duty-free shopping surge may hit Irish tax take
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg: “Trading with the EU on WTO terms would work well for the UK and allows us to achieve Brexit sooner.” Photograph: PA Wire ‘Computer Says No’ to Jacob Rees-Mogg on ‘no pain’ Brexit
Theresa May was said to be hurt and concerned her credentials as a guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement were not being taken seriously. Photograph: Sebastien Courdji/Pool via Reuters Britain urged Ireland to reduce emphasis on NI peace in Brexit talks
Weak pound, strong euro. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger / Reuters Brexit effect: What does sterling weakness mean for Irish consumers?
The 28-year-old has already written the “S”, “T” and “O” of “Stop”. Photograph: Andy Pardy/@consultantrogue Man quits job to write ‘Stop Brexit’ across Europe with van and GPS
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Since the beginning of 2016, 1,644 English and Welsh solicitors have joined the Irish Roll of Solicitors. Photograph: iStock Almost a tenth of Irish-registered solicitors from England and Wales
Books in the Law Library in the Four Courts Dublin. Photograph: David Sleator Brexit concerns push UK lawyers to register in Ireland
Aside from Brexit, the British Irish Chamber called for the State’s 9 per cent VAT rate for the hospitality industry to be retained. Photograph: iStock Government should seek Brexit mitigation fund - British Irish Chamber
The fall of sterling follows weekend comments by the UK’s international trade secretary Liam Fox, who warned that the risk of no-deal Brexit had risen to 60%. Photograph: EPA Sterling slides to nine-month low on rising Brexit fears
Bank of Ireland was highlighting risks to investors in an updated bond prospectus for its €25bn Euro Note Programme. Bank of Ireland warns on Brexit hazard to institution
Warning lights will start to flash red for sterling if a Brexit transition period, due to kick in when the UK leaves in March 2019, is threatened. Photograph: EPA Cliff Taylor: Politics of Brexit could set off fireworks around sterling
A Cotswolds village nestling in an idyllic land of well-run medieval inns and converted mills. Photograph: iStock/Getty Images Kathy Sheridan: Welcome to this little England, this sedated isle
Drumad Garda station in Co Louth: “will not last more than a week” in the event of a hard Brexit. Photograph: Ciara Wilkinson Prefab Garda station in Co Louth ‘is rotting away’
The Bombardier Aerospace plant in Belfast. The company has warned that stockpiling parts to mitigate the impact of a no-deal Brexit could cost the Belfast unit £30m. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Bombardier may have to stockpile parts in North under no-deal Brexit
Loyalist protesters demonstrating against restrictions on flying Britain’s union flag from Belfast City Hall in central Belfast in January 2013. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton Unionists didn’t know how good they had it before Brexit
Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald (at centre in green top) in procession during the 37th National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Castlewellan, Co Down, on Sunday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire McDonald restates Sinn Féin stance on unity poll after U-turn
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has much less room for manoeuvre in the budget than predecessors had. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Paschal Donohoe should tax property and water properly in the budget
Liam Fox: intransigence of commission is pushing UK toward no deal. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images UK says ‘Brussels intransigence’ pushing it toward no-deal Brexit
Tourism is booming as Belfast leaves behind the shadow of the Troubles
British prime minister Theresa May with French president Emmanuel Macron at the Fort de Bregancon in southern France on Friday. Photograph: Sebastien Nogier/AFP/Getty Images May meets Macron to seek support for Brexit blueprint
Against the euro, sterling slipped by 0.1 per cent to 89.10p. Photograph: iStock Sterling under pressure as Carney flags no-deal Brexit
Minister for Justice Charles Flanagan and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney hold their press conference on the street after the British failed to provide a room following a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in London last month. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Noel Whelan: Anglo-Irish relations hit a new low
A move allowing UK agricultural products access EU single market is likely to be welcomed by the Irish Government as it could overcome many of the potential difficulties at the Border. File photograph: Mary Turner/Bloomberg EU to explore Brexit deal on single market for agriculture
With all due respect to David Kitt’s elegy about the “sadness of so many creative/artistic/bright people being forced to leave the city”, the people being hit hardest by the city’s housing crisis are not members of the “creative community” but the poorest people with the fewest options. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons Winner-takes-all urbanism brought Dublin a housing crisis
British prime minister Theresa May and French president Emmanuel Macron. “I imagine Macron will tell Theresa May ‘we will be as constructive as we can, but Monsieur Barnier will tell you our position’,” said a European diplomat Macron and May to discuss Brexit at president’s summer residence
The UK Electoral Commission looked into claims that the DUP, led by Arlene Foster, failed to declare joint spending with other EU referendum campaigners. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Electoral commission drops DUP Brexit funding inquiry
DUP leader Arlene Foster said her party was ‘committed to securing a Brexit deal that provides a seamless, frictionless border with the Republic of Ireland’. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Arlene Foster urges Brexit negotiators to show ‘more mettle’
The LSE reported a 21% rise in first-half adjusted operating profit to £480 million (€539m) as its clearing, capital markets and information services businesses grew strongly. Photograph: PA Wire London Stock Exchange activates hard Brexit plan
Chinese tourists capturing the stature of Oscar Wilde on Merrion Square. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times State appears to be getting seven-year itch over tourism VAT rate
A former Border customs hut in the village of Muff, Co Donegal. EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said he is ‘ready to improve’ the EU’s proposal to the Uk on the Border issue. Photograph: Mary Turner/Bloomberg. Brexit: EU ‘ready to improve’ Irish Border proposal - Barnier
Ann-Marie Horan in her pharmacy in Terenure in Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times Pharmacists seek plan B for Brexit drug shortages
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pictured during a media briefing at Government Buildings. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times Leo Varadkar: Government can be ‘flexible’ on backstop
British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris on Tuesday. Photograph: Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images Britain calls on France and Germany to force ‘sensible’ Brexit deal
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Central Bank’s Brexit warning, Bain’s profit on student site, and O’Leary waives his bonus
Who do you think you are kidding Monsieur Barnier/We’re preparing to kill each other for a can of Spam. Fintan O’Toole: Brexit Plan B is mash-up of ‘Dad’s Army’ and ‘Mad Max’
Mark Cassidy, director of economics and statistics at the Central Bank: A UK departure without a withdrawal agreement would cause “quite significant negative disruption”. Photograph: Alan Betson Be prepared for a no-deal Brexit, warns Central Bank
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar restated his view that it is the wrong time for a Border poll. Now not the time for Border poll on unity, says McDonald
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, right, with UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt at a press briefing at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Monday, July 30th, 2018. Photograph: Andy Wong/AP UK foreign secretary discusses potential free trade deal with China
“Giselle” by Akram Khan: Business to Arts panel acknowledged a significant amount of uncertainty as Brexit continues to unfold. Photograph: Laurent Liotardo Post-Brexit era arts: Will they bask in an harsher spotlight?
A hard Brexit is less threatening to the survival of the EU than a soft “cherry-picking” Brexit EU cannot give May the deal she wants without risking its own existence
Cook Medical has called for the transition agreement for medical devices to be extended until at least 2025 to allow the sector enough time to meet new UK regulatory arrangements. Photograph: iStock Medical device maker warns of export risk post-Brexit
British prime minister Theresa May presents the prize for best sheep during a visit to the Royal Welsh Show last week. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/WPA Pool/Getty Images UK’s Brexit negotiation style is like a dysfunctional family having a row
Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Britain’s prime minister Theresa May shake hands prior to a meeting in the hotel Sacher in Salzburg, Austria on Friday. Photograph: Kerstin Joensson/AP. Brexit: May to have extra chance to pitch plans to EU leaders
UK airlines fly to the US under the so-called Open Skies deal. There can be no guarantee that the US will agree to replicate the terms of this for UK airlines post-Brexit Cliff Taylor: In aviation there is no fall-back position in a no-deal Brexit
Demonstrators hold Union Jack flags and European Union (EU) flags during an anti-Brexit protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg UK voters want referendum on final Brexit deal, YouGov poll shows
A placard outside the Houses of Parliament. Photograph: Simon Dawson Brexit talks are almost out of time – but is an extension possible?
Britain’s Brexit minister Dominic Raab and EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier: still have “a mountain to climb”. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty Brexit talks deadlocked on customs and economic relationship
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond (second left) meets local MPs and business leaders during his visit to the Magee campus of Ulster University in Derry. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Block on east-west border ‘non-negotiable’, says Hammond
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney during a press conference on College Green in London, following a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Wire British and Irish governments agree post-Brexit talks structure
Theresa May: UK Prime Minister has said her government is being “responsible and sensible” in Brexit negotiations Photograph: Matt Dunham/Reuters UK should take ‘reassurance and comfort’ from Brexit preparations
The Sheep’s Head peninsula in West Cork: Irish tourism sources more than a third of overseas visitors from Britain. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Tourism industry warns no-deal Brexit would cost it €260m
Photograph: iStock French connection may pay off for Irish firms post-Brexit
Tánaiste Simon Coveney said the Government would back any request by the UK to extend the deadline for Article 50 negotiations Photograph: Tom Honan Coveney says Ireland would back Brexit extension talks request
Objections from major agricultural suppliers are likely to force Britain into a wider negotiation. Photograph: Reuters UK and EU formally start splitting WTO membership agreements
New checks and facilities are being put in place at Dublin Port in anticipation of Brexit Photograph: Eric Luke. New customs facilities being built in Dublin Port ahead of Brexit
British prime minister Theresa May leaving No 10 Downing Street on Tuesday. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Theresa May confirms to parliament she will lead Brexit negotiations
British prime minister Theresa May. “While Ireland can’t make Theresa May ask for more time, it can try to make it clear that more time will be given if she asks for it.” Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images Fintan O’Toole: Ireland should offer UK precious gift of time
Croatia’s prime minister Andrej Plenkovic: said it is “especially important” for Croatia “ to completely understand” all of Ireland’s concerns about the Border. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters Brexit a ‘lose-lose-lose situation’ - Croatia's prime minister
Amazon has admitted that it is planning for a wide range of Brexit outcomes Brexit: Amazon warns of ‘civil unrest’ if UK leaves EU with no deal
After Brexit, the UK will no longer be included in the EU-US Open Skies agreement, which revolutionised aviation. UK-Ireland flights will be grounded without post-Brexit deal
Mary Lou McDonald: “The reality is that those who brought us Brexit ought to have considered all of the consequences of that. Brexit is not there of our making or of our choice” Sinn Féin seeks emergency summit on Irish Brexit issues
UK prime minister Theresa May visiting the Reece Group’s Armstrong Works in Newcastle. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/PA Wire May dismisses fears that EU will reject her Brexit proposal
Phil Hogan: “I think Trump has tapped into this nationalistic mood quite successfully.” Photograph: Alan Betson EU should bully Trump back on trade policies, says Hogan
Hard Brexiteer and Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg part-owns Somerset Capital. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Jacob Rees-Mogg’s group launches second Irish fund
Minister for Communication Denis Naughten who has been urged to beef up the resources and powers of telco regulator ComReg. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES Ryanair results, Objections to Donnybrook apartments, and ComReg’s lack of staff
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will today begin a tour of three European capitals to discuss Brexit and other issues. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Leo Varadkar to begin European tour amid fresh Brexit tensions
TV host Andrew Marr and Brexit secretary Dominic Raab: Mr Raab described reports the government was planning to stockpile food and drugs as unhelpful but did not deny them. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Raab rejects warning over no-deal Brexit and EU nationals in UK
Sir John Major said Brexiteers had made “pie in the sky” promises during the campaign. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images Second Brexit vote ‘morally justified’, says John Major
Anti-Brexit campaigners protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London last Wednesday. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA There’s now a 50% chance of no deal from Brexit talks
Brexit campaigner Jacob Rees-Mogg said: “The truth is that WTO is likely to be all that they will offer us.” Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters Britain heading for a no deal exit from EU - Jacob Rees-Mogg
Chief EU negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier: has gently demolished Theresa May’s Chequers proposal. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty Analysis: Glimmer of hope at end of rocky Brexit week
British prime minister Theresa May in Belfast on July 20th: her administration can resemble the final days of Brian Cowen’s chaotic, disintegrating government. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/WPA Pool/Getty Pat Leahy: Brexit woes must not obscure deeper problems of North
Theresa May delivers a speech at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, on Friday. The British prime minister challenged the EU to reply to last week’s British government White Paper. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Reuters Sharp backstop differences between Varadkar and May
If there is a no-deal Brexit, Britain will leave the EU and all its accompanying regulations and treaties, including in the area of air travel. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/ Bloomberg Hysteria over Varadkar aviation comments doesn’t fly
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier chats with Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney ahead of a meeting at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/EPA Coveney urges progress on backstop agreement in next month
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier chats with Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, prior to the General Affairs Council meeting at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/EPA Brexit: UK's White Paper largely unworkable, says Barnier
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking to the media at Derrynane House, Kerry this week Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Varadkar called ‘airhead’ by ‘Sun’ newspaper over flights remark
British Prime Minister Theresa May, takes a question from journalists after delivering a speech in Belfast. Photograph: EPA/Aidan Crawley Brexit: May calls for EU to ‘evolve’ position on ‘unworkable’ backstop
British prime minister Theresa May is under pressure to avoid a deal where Northern Ireland is treated differently from the rest of the UK. Brexit: What is the ‘backstop’ agreement and why does it matter?
PSNI officers chat with a Garda on the Border in Belleek, Co Fermanagh, during Theresa May’s visit to the area. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Theresa May dodges potshots in a place called F-e-r-m-a-n-a-g-h
The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe holding a press conference on Thursday on the 2018 mid-year expenditure report. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times Ireland’s economic growth continues apace, IMF on the cost of Brexit, and bankers’ pay
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker. Photograph: François Lenoir/Reuters Taoiseach’s confidence of no Border controls not shared in Brussels
British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a keynote speech at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast: Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Theresa May to tell EU ‘unworkable’ backproposal must change
The IMF estimated that economic growth across the EU would fall by as much as 1.5 per cent by 2030 should Britain fall back on WTO rules for trading with the bloc after Brexit. No-deal Brexit could cost Ireland more than 50,000 jobs, IMF warns
Steven Ciobo, Australia’s minister for trade Brexit: Australian minister sees opportunities for Ireland
Conservative Party chief whip Julian Smith: embroiled in scandal over breaking with tradition of pairs of MPs agreeing not to vote if one is unable to come to Westminster. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Calls for Britain’s chief whip to stand down over plan to ditch ‘pairing’
There would be no 21-month transition period to December 2020, so businesses and public bodies would have to respond immediately to changes in the rules governing their operations. Photograph: EPA/ANDY RAIN Brexit: What happens to Britain if the UK leaves the EU without a deal?
Border patrol: Theresa May. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images Northern Ireland may be on brink of recession, businesses warn
British prime minister Theresa May (left) and Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) during a visit to Belleek pottery factory on the northern side of the border between Enniskillen in Northern Ireland and Ballyshannon in Donegal. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire Theresa May insists there will be no hard border after Brexit
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar knows how to remain calm when all about him are consumed by the heat of political battle. File photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Crisis? What crisis? Why Varadkar’s right not to panic about Brexit
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arriving at Derrynane House, Kerry, for a special Cabinet meeting: Ministers agreed to hire 1,000 additional customs and veterinary officials. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire EU calms Varadkar’s fears of physical Border checks after Brexit
The statement from four Stormont parties said a commitment from the UK and EU last December to ensure no diminution of rights on the island of Ireland had not been translated into an agreed position in the withdrawal agreement. File photograph: Paul Faith/PA Northern parties criticise lack of progress on Brexit issues
A video grab shows Britain’s former foreign secretary Boris Johnson delivering a speech in the House of Commons in London. Photograph: Parliamentary Recording Unit/AFP/Getty Images Boris Johnson demands hard Brexit in fiery resignation speech
Speaking at a special Cabinet meeting in Derrynane House, Co Kerry, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the British government will be expected to honour its ‘cast iron guarantee’ of the so-called backstop arrangement. Photograph: PA Brexit: 1,000 new customs and veterinary inspectors to be hired
Boris Johnson makes his statement to the House of Commons on his resignation as UK foreign secretary. Photograph: PA Wire Boris Johnson reminds May that his ambition is undimmed