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Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid says there will be an impact on business one way or the other, some will benefit, some won’t. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images Britain’s chancellor says ‘no alignment’ with EU after Brexit

Sajid Javid: ‘We will not be a ruletaker... we will do this by the end of the year’

Big Ben: campaigners want its bell to chime for the first time since restoration work began in 2017 to mark Britain’s departure from the EU on January 31st. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA Fundraising drive under way to make Big Ben bong for Brexit
Mark Loftus of the Paddy Box. ‘We stuck our heads in the sand for a long time’

Britain’s Prince Harry with Meghan Markle after they announced their engagement in November 2017. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Life in Brexit Britain: The message is clear – fit in, or get out
Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has sent a letter to Tánaiste Simon Coveney concerning the rights of Irish/EU citizens in Northern Ireland. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons / The Irish Times Fianna Fáil MEP says he cannot vote for Brexit deal
Arlene Foster (left) and Michelle O’Neill at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Northern Ireland may find itself between a rock and a hard place after Brexit
Tourists enjoy an excursion around Dublin offered by Viking Splash Tours. File photograph: Getty British holidaymakers assured of no travel controls after Brexit
Tánaiste Simon Coveney on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday. EU will not be rushed into trade deal ‘just because Britain passes law’, says Coveney
The latest indications from London of the kind of Brexit Boris Johnson wants to aim for has big implications for the economy on this island. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Boris Johnson’s Brexit will push Ireland towards economic unity
East Coast Bakehouse managing director Michael Carey: “The cash burn has ended, thankfully.” Photograph: Eric Luke East Coast Bakehouse seeks to raise another €5m in equity and debt
British prime minister Boris Johnson said the Stormont deal would restore ‘public confidence in stable devolved government’. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Boris Johnson says restoration of Stormont ‘a great step forwards’
Peter Hyland, managing director at Carroll’s Irish Gifts: I’m trying to change the perception of Carroll’s ‘We have stockpiled and that will give us some short-term breathing space’

Brexit Party MEP Claire Fox said: ‘I think that the status quo [at Stormont], as it was, and the political status quo, as it was, was not good enough.’ File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Brexit has ‘breathed new life’ into North’s politics, says MEP
Stephen Barclay, the UK’s Brexit secretary: “We will restore trust in this House and in our democracy. Once Brexit is delivered on 31st January, we can turn our eyes towards our other national priorities.” Photograph: EPA Johnson’s withdrawal agreement secures firm backing of House of Commons
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images EU's Barnier says it will take more than a year to agree full deal with UK
Boris Johnson greets EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen ahead of a meeting in Downing Street. Photograph: PA Johnson signals ‘no alignment’ with European Court of Justice
Sinn Féin said that ‘Westminster has never acted in Ireland’s interests and never will’. North’s MPs fail in bid to alter British government Brexit law
British Irish Chamber of Commerce director general John McGrane: he launched a framework document which makes key recommendations on how trade in services between the EU and UK could be preserved post-Brexit. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Services sector described as ‘forgotten child’ of the Brexit process
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British prime minister Boris Johnson said the Stormont deal would restore ‘public confidence in stable devolved government’. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Boris Johnson says restoration of Stormont ‘a great step forwards’
Brexit Party MEP Claire Fox said: ‘I think that the status quo [at Stormont], as it was, and the political status quo, as it was, was not good enough.’ File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Brexit has ‘breathed new life’ into North’s politics, says MEP
Stephen Barclay, the UK’s Brexit secretary: “We will restore trust in this House and in our democracy. Once Brexit is delivered on 31st January, we can turn our eyes towards our other national priorities.” Photograph: EPA Johnson’s withdrawal agreement secures firm backing of House of Commons
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images EU's Barnier says it will take more than a year to agree full deal with UK
Boris Johnson greets EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen ahead of a meeting in Downing Street. Photograph: PA Johnson signals ‘no alignment’ with European Court of Justice
Sinn Féin said that ‘Westminster has never acted in Ireland’s interests and never will’. North’s MPs fail in bid to alter British government Brexit law
British Irish Chamber of Commerce director general John McGrane: he launched a framework document which makes key recommendations on how trade in services between the EU and UK could be preserved post-Brexit. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Services sector described as ‘forgotten child’ of the Brexit process
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen delivering a speech at the London School of Economics on Wednesday. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images EU chief warns UK there ‘can be no compromise’ on single market
Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid leaves after a cabinet meeting on Downing Street on Tuesday. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters No new money earmarked for North in UK’s first post-Brexit budget
UK prime minister Boris Johnson pledged in his general election manifesto promise to ‘get Brexit done’ by January 31st Up to 85% of Irish firms likely to be impacted by Brexit
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is set to met UK prime minister Boris Johnson along with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Downing Street on Wednesday. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Johnson to meet Von der Leyen and Barnier in Downing Street
Shoppers walk along Donegall Place in Belfast. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg Northern Ireland MPs unite in seeking changes to Brexit bill
Northern Ireland chamber of commerce president John Healy claims the lack of an executive at Stormont together with Brexit may further damage the local economy. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Brexit detail is key to NI commerce, business leader warns
Phil Hogan: “Dublin, London and Brussels need to be inclusive and careful in addressing the sensitivities of all stakeholders in Northern Ireland.” Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Phil Hogan: 'A no-deal Brexit would pour salt into the wounds'
European commissioner for trade Phil Hogan, at the Merrion Hotel, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times Johnson will abandon pledge on Brexit transition period - Hogan
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, earlier this month. Photograph: Patrick Seeger/EPA Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit timetable questioned by EU Commission president
Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson in Government Buildings, Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Varadkar: Bridge between North and Scotland ‘worth examining’ but UK must pay
Executive vice-president of the European Commission Frans Timmermans (L) and EU Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius (R). Photograph: Stephanie LeCocq/EPA UK always welcome back in EU after Brexit, says Timmermans
Rosslare Europort: Tents were erected ahead of each Brexit deadline this year for use as emergency inspection accommodation in case of a no-deal scenario. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire Emergency Brexit inspection tents in Rosslare cost €120,000
British prime minister Boris Johnson sitting among Conservative colleagues in the House of Commons on Friday. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP via Getty Images Brexit: British MPs resoundingly approve EU withdrawal agreement
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Julian Smith met the DUP on Friday. Photograph: David Young/PA Wire Northern Secretary has ‘positive meeting’ with DUP over Stormont
British prime minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn at the opening of parliament in the House of Lords, Westminster, on Thursday, December 19th. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/Reuters MPs to vote on revised version of withdrawal agreement bill
A lorry passes an anti-Brexit billboard seen on the Dublin-Newry road last October. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images Border residents feel ‘overwhelming uncertainty’ due to Brexit
British prime minister Boris Johnson speaking to the House of Commons for the first time since his election victory. Photograph: UK Parliament via Getty Johnson tells MPs he will end Brexit ‘deadlock’
Declan Kelleher has been a pivotal figure in Irish backroom Brexit dealings in Brussels. Photograph: iStock New EU ambassador among appointments approved by Government
Boris Johnson spooked markets by putting the threat of a no-deal Brexit back on the table. Photograph: Matt Dunham/PA Wire Markets take fright as Boris Johnson opens door to hard Brexit
Boris Johnson is to legislate to prevent MPs extending the Brexit transition period beyond the end of 2020, Government sources have said. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images Johnson to legislate to block any further delay to Brexit
Irish fishing industry is 30 per cent dependent on UK waters. Stock Photograph: Alan Betson Hard Brexit would be ‘unmitigated disaster’ for Irish fishing industry
A Brexit supporter outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster: An Oireachtas committee warns that talks on trade after Brexit will be “long and complicated”. Photograph: Rebecca Brown/PA Senators predict ‘difficult decisions’ for both sides in Brexit trade talks
Leo Varadkar in Brussels on Friday. The Taoiseach said Boris Johnson had a ‘very strong personal mandate. . . It’s up to him to decide how he wants to use it.’ Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images Varadkar says ‘bare bones’ trade deal may replace no-deal Brexit
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister of State for Europe Helen McEntee arriving for the European Council summit in Brussels. Photograph: Julien Warnand/EPA Varadkar to seek EU €1bn fund for North and Border area after Brexit
British prime minister Boris Johnson looks at a photograph of a four-year-old boy with suspected pneumonia having to sleep on the floor in a hospital because of a shortage of beds, having initially refused to look at it. Photograph: ITV/PA Wire Brexit deal requires checks between Britain and North, Coveney says
Although the Tánaiste Simon Coveney refused to be drawn into criticising Boris Johnson in the middle of the election campaign, he made it clear the Irish and British governments do not share their interpretations of crucial elements of the Withdrawal Agreement. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Goods moving between Britain and North will require checking - Coveney
DUP leader Arlene Foster pictured with her deputy leader Nigel Dodds. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images Boris Johnson ‘broke his word’ over Brexit union pledge, says Arlene Foster
Prime minister Boris Johnson at Conservative campaign headquarters call centre, London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire Denis Staunton’s UK election diary: Polls indicate Tory majority
Alexandra Hall Hall: “I have been increasingly dismayed by the way in which our political leaders have tried to deliver Brexit.” Photograph: GOV.UK/Crown Copyright/PA Wire British diplomat quits over government’s Brexit ‘half-truths’
British prime minister Boris Johnson said the Conservative Party wants ‘to abolish poverty’. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters Johnson promises sweeping changes in first 100 days of government
Current EU Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier: he has been reappointed to co-ordinate negotiations on the future relationship with the UK. Photograph: AP Photo/Michael Sohn EU leaders to discuss next phase of Brexit at Brussels summit
The Central Bank has received 100 licence applications from firms in Britain wanting to set up management companies or Mancos in Dublin. Photograph: iStock Staffing rules for funds could lead to post-Brexit boon for Irish financial sector
Patricia King, general secretary of Congress Congress calls for pay rises of up to 4.5% next year in private sector
Shopper on Dublin’s Henry Street: All five main elements of the KBC Bank consumer sentiment index posted sharp monthly gains in November. Photograph: Aidan Crawley Irish consumer sentiment lifts as Brexit crash-out threat declines
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn holds up redacted documents of secret talks between the UK and US governments in London on Wednesday. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Corbyn and Johnson clash over claim leaked documents show NHS for sale
European Commission president-elect Ursula von der Leyen in Strasbourg: Promised the commission would bring forward a new “pact for migration” in the spring next year. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images MEPs approve Ursula von der Leyen’s commission team
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in London on Wednesday. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Jeremy Corbyn reveals dossier ‘proving NHS up for sale’
Kate Mosse, Ken Follett, Jojo Moyes, Lee Child pictured in Berlin. Photograph: Derek Scally Brexit: Best-selling author Lee Child to apply for Irish passport
Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP, at party headquarters in east Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire Foster urges new SF talks on Stormont impasse after election
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during BBC Question Time leaders’ special debate in Sheffield. Photograph: Jeff Over/EPA/BBC Jeremy Corbyn says he would stay neutral in a second Brexit referendum
Designated president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen: the new executive will take up office on December 1st, a month after planned. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty European Commission yet to receive UK nomination
Citigroup already employs some 2,500 in Dublin. Photograph: iStock Brexit: Citigroup could move more staff from London to Dublin and Frankfurt
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has expressed doubt that British prime minister Boris Johnson would be able to successfully negotiate a comprehensive trade deal with the European Union within a year. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire. Leo Varadkar doubts EU-UK trade deal can be sealed in a year
Screen grab from an official Conservative Party Twitter account. The party has faced criticism after one of its official Twitter accounts was rebranded as a fact checking service during the ITV leaders’ debate. Photograph: Conservative Party/PA Wire. British Conservative party under fire over ‘factcheck’ stunt
Prime minister Boris Johnson and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn with Julie Etchingham on the set of Johnson v Corbyn: The ITV Debate. A YouGov snap poll found 51 per cent of respondents thought Mr Johnson won the debate. Photograph: Jonathan Hordle UK election TV debate: Corbyn and Johnson clash on NHS and Brexit
Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson: Loyalists object to his proposed deal on the basis it will create an “economic united Ireland”. Photograph: Frank Augstein/AFP Loyalists could attack ports over Brexit deal, warns UK union leader
Simon Coveney: Border poll not appropriate at this difficult time. Coveney rejects Sinn Féin call for Border poll within five years
EU to extend temporary access to UK clearing houses
European Commission president-elect Ursula von der Leyen: Wrote twice to British prime minister Boris Johnson asking him to make the nomination. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters EU Commission launches infringement proceedings against UK
Brexit Party Leader Nigel Farage campaigns at boxing gym in Essex, east London, Britain, November 13th, 2019. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Farage dismisses calls to stand down candidates in Labour seats
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe presented his budget for 2020 last month assuming Britain would leave the EU without a deal. File photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos Corporation tax receipts likely to be higher than expected this year – Donohoe
Tánaiste Simon Coveney (left) with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during a joint European Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA EU officials cast doubt over Johnson claims about NI firms and customs checks
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaking in Hartlepool on Monday. “What we will do is concentrate our total effort into all of the seats that are held by the Labour Party, who have completely broken their manifesto in 2017.” Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire Johnson welcomes Farage’s move to stand down in Tory seats
Steve Aiken makes speaking to Ulster Unionist Party colleagues at the Hilton Hotel in Templepatrick, Co Antrim on Saturday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA North will be a ‘place apart’ under Brexit deal, new UUP leader says
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte: his own Liberal party has been vigorously opposed to the legislation. Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images Double Dutch: 100,000 Dutch citizens in UK can apply for dual nationality
The North’s Department for the Economy has highlighted the “disproportionate impact that restricting the flow of migrant labour from the European Economic Area would have on the Northern Ireland economy”. Photograph: iStock Brexit: ‘Very real risk’ Northern firms will move to Republic
Labour Brexit secretary Keir Starmer. Conservatives doctored a video clip to edit out a key response he gave in a TV interview. Photograph: EPA/ANDY RAIN Tories under fire for doctoring Brexit video clip of Labour rival
Former president Mary McAleese said Brexit was a 'lesson in how not to go about radical constitutional change'. File photograph: Tom Honan Mary McAleese: Brexit has produced an ‘enraged, not engaged society’
Michel Barnier speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon. Barnier warns UK that unfair competition will not be tolerated
The business activity index includes everything from hotels and hairdressers to IT firms and telecoms. File photograph: Getty Service sector activity slows to seven-year low amid Brexit uncertainty
Jeremy Corbyn will say on Tuesday that the prime minister seeks to reduce employment, environmental and consumer standards in a programme of ‘Thatcherism on steroids’. Photograph: Vickie Flores/EPA Corbyn to accuse Johnson of attempting to hijack Brexit
Newly-elected Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle. Photograph: PRU/AFP via Getty Images UK parliament elects new Speaker for Brexit hot seat
Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson blames his opposition Labour rival for Britain’s failure to leave the European Union by Thursday’s deadline. Photograph: Aaron Chown/AFP/Getty Images Boris Johnson apologises to Tories for failing ‘do-or-die’ Brexit promise
UK prime minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson (R) and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage (L) giving speeches. Photograph: Oli Scarff,Beb Stansall/AFP/Getty Images) Nigel Farage will not run in UK election
Larne port. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd ‘We just won’t put up with it’: Truckers on Irish Sea border delays
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage urged Johnson to drop the deal he negotiated with the EU. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA Boris Johnson rules out electoral pact with Farage’s Brexit Party
Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe: “demanding work lies ahead regarding the future trading relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union”. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos No possibility of Brexit deal changes, Donohue warns
Donald Trump: appeared on radio show with Nigel Farage. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Trump says Johnson and Farage would be 'terrific' together but Corbyn would be 'so bad' for UK
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a launch event for the Labour party’s general election campaign in London on Thursday. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters Corbyn pledges to ‘get Brexit sorted’ in six months at campaign launch
UK prime minister Boris Johnson departs from the houses of parliament on Tuesday night after securing an election. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images A Christmas election – Jingle polls leads way in morning of bad puns
The Conservatives start the campaign with a double-digit poll lead over Labour but Jeremy Corbyn promised to conduct an ambitious campaign for radical change. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/AFP via Getty Boris Johnson lands December election in bid to break deadlock
MPs vote in favour of the Creasy amendment to the early election Bill in the House of Commons in London. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament handout Corbyn promises ‘radical campaign’ as he gives backing to early election
Boris Johnson is expected to call on MPs once again to support his quest for a pre-Christmas election in order to break the Brexit deadlock. Photograph by HO/PRU/AFP/ Getty Images) MPs back plan to hold UK general election on December 12th
UK prime minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, London. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire UK election date: Which party wants what, and why does it matter?
Long-term planning and preparation is required for a united Ireland, an Mark Daly has said. Photograph: Alan Betson Long-term plan needed for united Ireland, Senator says
A Brexit protest outside the UK parliament. The EU on Monday agreed to a Brexit extension until January 31st. Photograph: Getty Images Business sentiment improves in October as immediate Brexit threat recedes
Trading and administration issues when dealing with the UK market were identified as the top concerns. Photograph: Getty Images Relationship with UK post-Brexit must be repaired, says Institute of Directors
Boris Johnson: ‘The house cannot, any longer, keep this country hostage’. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor Handout Britain on course for December general election
While most senior Garda officers do not expect any form of hard border, there is real concern that smuggling will boom after Brexit. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Extra 240 gardaí for Border region due to Brexit
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier leaving the European Commission in Brussels for a meeting with EU27 ambassadors to discuss an extension to the Brexit deadline. Photograph: EPA/Stephanie Lecocq France worked with Ireland, Germany and EU officials on new Brexit extension
British prime minister Boris Johnson during Monday’s debate in the House of Commons. Plan B ready for Johnson following Commons setback
UK prime minister Boris Johnson: ‘We will not allow this paralysis to continue.’ Photograph: HO/PRU/AFP via Getty Brexit: MPs reject Johnson’s third attempt to force early general election
Donald Tusk: EU has agreed a three-month flexible Brexit extension for the UK. Photograph: EPA/PATRICK SEEGER EU agrees Brexit extension until January 31st, 2020
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Arlene Foster highlighted his recent attempt to reassure unionists that the constitutional position of the North would be unaffected by the new proposed arrangements. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Relationship between DUP and Irish Government ‘not very good’
Despite objections raised by the French government, a paper to be agreed on Monday circulated among member states suggests the EU will accede to the UK’s request for a further three-month delay. Photograph: iStock Brexit leak: Document shows EU preparing to grant three-month extension
DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds: ‘We will not accept a Customs Border in the Irish Sea.’ Photograph: Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker ‘Stick to your word’: Johnson’s deal a sensitive topic for DUP
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has co-signed a letter to European Council president Donald Tusk requesting a Brexit extension until January 31st. Photograph: PA Liberal Democrats offer Johnson route to December election