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German chancellor Angela Merkel with interior minister Horst Seehofer. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images Bavarian conservatives heading for ‘German Brexit’ over migrants

SPD leader claims they will oppose coalition partner’s crackdown against Merkel’s wishes

Demonstrators carry banners and flags as they participate in the People’s March demanding a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal, in central London on the second anniversary of the 2016 referendum. Photograph: AFP Up to 100,000 join London march to demand Brexit deal referendum
The 100 or so people who took part in the “UK Freedom March” rally in Belfast were met with a counter-demonstration by anti-fascint groups. Photograph: Amanda Ferguson ‘UK Freedom March’ rally in Belfast sparks anti-fascist protests
Boris Johnson has said the public do not want a soft Brexit. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA Wire Boris Johnson calls for May to deliver ‘full British Brexit’
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Guernsey: “We are going to intensify our efforts to come to a withdrawal agreement.” Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Varadkar warns of likelihood of no-deal Brexit
George Mills from the Irish Road Haulage Association said: ‘I think we are the only country in Europe that has an arterial route going through another country.’ Donegal risks becoming ‘collateral damage’ from Brexit
Leo Varadkar arrives to attend the British-Irish Council in Guernsey. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire UK now ‘more likely’ to leave EU without a deal, says Varadkar
IFA president Joe Healy - ‘Our position remains: no border on the island of Ireland, no border in the Irish Sea and no scope for the UK to pursue a cheap food policy.’ Photograph: Finbarr O’Rourke Farmers face ‘Armageddon’ if hard border is created – IFA
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern urged Leo Varadkar to push for a deal on the key issues facing Ireland. Photograph: David Sleator Boris Johnson is a ‘buffoon’ who will ‘ruin’ Ireland – Bertie Ahern
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond delivers a speech at the Annual Mansion House dinner in London, Britain, June 21 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls UK chancellor says he’s no enemy of Brexit and seeks close EU ties
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and President of the European Council Jean-Claude Juncker: “Ireland has to be part of the deal.” Photograph: Tom McLoughlin/EPA Brexit: Republic ‘not alone’ – but backed by Europe
Anti-Brexit demonstrators gather outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Brexit backstop mirrors 18th century war of manoeuvre
Report reveals extent of North’s dependence on trade with the Republic
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker addressing a joint sitting of the Dáil and Seanad: “As the clock to Brexit ticks down, we must prepare for every eventuality, including no deal.” Juncker accepts there may be no deal with UK on Brexit
Tony Buckley: described the process of Brexit as like the separation of conjoined twins. Photograph: Cyril Byrne Ireland could bring in ‘Ryanair-type’ passport checks after Brexit
Britain’s home secretary Sajid Javid: “With the scheme, we’re meeting our commitment to secure the rights of EU citizens who are already in this country.” Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA EU citizens eligible for ‘settled status’ after five years in UK
Outgoing president of the Confederation of British Industry Paul Drechsler said the problems around Brexit were so great that solutions could not be delayed until October. Brexit talks now ‘high-wire political theatre’ - UK business chief
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, during his visit to the Government Buildings in Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Ireland will not be isolated in Brexit talks, Juncker says
Tánaiste Simon Coveney: the negotiations need to intensify. Photograph: Cyril Byrne Tánaiste warns of no-deal Brexit as negotiations stall
President of the European Council Jean Claude Junker pictured with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Government buildings on Thursday. Photograph: Aidan Crawley UK ‘will not be trusted’ if it fails to honour Border commitment
Theresa May returns to Downing Street after winning a Brexit vote in parliament in London, on Wednesday. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Rees-Mogg relaxes as May’s rebels lay down their weapons
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald outside Westminster before meeting Theresa May. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire Mary Lou McDonald accuses Theresa May of playing for time on Brexit
MPs line up to read out the vote in the House of Commons. Photograph: PA Wire Brexit: May sees off backbench rebellion over ‘meaningful vote’
UK farmers have already raised fruit-pickers’ pay in an attempt to counteract sterling weakness. Photograph: iStock Britain’s strawberries may wither on lack of foreign pickers
Phil Hogan: ‘I have never seen such solidarity in the Commission on any issue, as I have seen in relation to the problems that this can create for Ireland.’ File photograph: David Sleator/The Irish Times Patience with Britain ‘wearing out’ over Border solution – Hogan
Simon Coveney gave the Cabinet a Brexit update in advance of the visit to Dublin of European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins Coveney accuses UK government of Brexit ‘revisionism’
Theresa May was accused of breaking “the promise she made to her own backbenchers and forced this issue back on the table”. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA House of Commons set for Brexit amendment showdown
An anti-Brexit demonstrator looks pensive during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament on June 11th in London. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Leave voters prefer hard border to staying in customs union – poll
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve: agreed to remove language which would allow MPs to “direct” the government on what to do if it failed to agree a Brexit deal. Photograph: Rick Findler/PA Yet another knife-edge vote on Brexit looms for Theresa May
Theresa May’s government has made a proposal for the backstop that would involve the whole of the UK remaining within the EU customs territory, but it has not yet set out its proposals for regulatory alignments. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA Backstop does not need full single-market alignment – UK minister
The British prime minister, Theresa May, with the chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond, and the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, ahead of delivering a speech at the Royal Free Hospital in London on Monday. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA May faces another showdown after Lords backs ‘meaningful vote’ amendment
Anti-Brexit demonstrators holds a spoof bank note featuring Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg: A new survey says a “no deal” Brexit could cost UK households £1,000 (€1,142) a year ‘No deal’ Brexit would cost UK households over €1,000 a year
Denis Naughten said Britain’s exit from Euratom was discussed at a recent gathering in Dublin Castle of the UK-Ireland Contact Group, which meets twice a year. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins ‘Vague assurances’ on post-Brexit nuclear safety ‘not worth much’
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve said he was not prepared to sign ‘in blood now that I will follow over the edge of the cliff’. File image: AFP/Getty Images Tory rebels threaten to ‘collapse’ government unless consulted on Brexit deal
Dublin is set to benefit as asset managers lose patience with Britain’s politicians over the slow pace of Brexit negotiations Asset managers put Brexit plans into action with Dublin in spotlight
Boris Johnson with the Brexit campaign bus claiming that exiting the EU would make an extra €350m a week available to fund the NHS. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Theresa May vows to act on ‘Brexit bus’ NHS funding pledge
Anti-Brexit demonstrators gather outside the Houses of Parliament in London last week. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Chris Johns: Brexit semantics game focuses on meaning of ‘meaningful’
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg: engaging in a tactic to try to blame somebody else for the consequences of Brexit. Photograph: PA Cliff Taylor: Calling Jacob Rees-Mogg’s double-bluff on Border
“At the moment everything is driven by the chaos in London.” Britain’s prime minister Theresa May and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Ireland forced to play both sides in messy Brexit divorce
Karen Bradley: Conservative MP Andrew Murrison said her response made no attempt to clarify which rights would be available to people in Northern Ireland who hold Irish passports after Brexit. File photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images Response to Brexit questions on North criticised
Trouble ahead: British prime minister Theresa May. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire May faces new threat as Tory rebels decry shift on withdrawal Bill
Jacob Rees-Mogg: The European Parliament is not, he claims, “a serious parliament” or a proper democratic forum because it doesn’t represent a single people. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Jacob Rees-Mogg leads caucus that could hold Theresa May’s fate in its hands
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Britain should not do anything that risks security or damages the Irish economy. Photograph: PA Wire Brexit: ‘call Ireland’s bluff’ on Border, Rees-Mogg tells May
Former UK attorney general Dominic Grieve speaking in a debate on Brexit legislation in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Tory rebellion back on after MPs reject May’s Brexit amendment
The City of London: New blow as Standard Chartered chooses Warsaw for new hub. Photograph: Bloomberg StanChart to set up new global business services hub in Warsaw
Britain’s prime minister Theresa May: The crucial thing about her agreement with Tory moderates this week is that a hard Brexit no longer appears to be a live option. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Chaos in Westminster sees prospect of hard Brexit recede
Helen Slater, from Bristol, joins anti-Brexit demonstrators as they wave European Union and Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Wednesday. Photograph: Rick Findler/PA Wire Brexit backstop is no ‘temporary little arrangement’
Leo Varadkar launches Féile An Phobail at St Mary’s University College, Belfast last Friday as part of his visit to Northern Ireland. Photograph: Laura Hutton/PA Wire Brexit causing ‘tectonic plates’ of politics to shift, says Varadkar
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney: “Our bilateral relationship with Germany is, was and will be of utmost important to us,” he said at Berlin’s Humboldt University. Photograph: Katia Christodoulou Simon Coveney rejects ‘barriers, checks and fences’ on trip to Berlin
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve: there are three parts in the amendment he tabled. Photograph: AFP Photo/PRU May to present amendment to EU withdrawal Bill
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is a prominent hardliner on Brexit. Photograph: PA Wire Irish investment vehicle linked to hardline Brexiteer Rees-Mogg warns of Brexit risks
SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford speaking in the House of Commons during prime minister’s questions before he was kicked out of the Commons. Photograph: PA Chaos in House of Commons as SNP MPs walk out
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin is known as an ardent Brexit supporter. Photograph: Reuters Wetherspoon abandons champagne in pre-Brexit switch
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (L) and former taoiseach Enda Kenny during the European of the Year award ceremony in recognition of Kenny’s contribution to Irish-EU relations in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Enda Kenny underlines his Brexit legacy
Britain’s foreign secretary Boris Johnson: “acts like Trump with a thesaurus”. Photograph: Reuters/Simon Dawson Kathy Sheridan: Boris Johnson not fit for one of UK’s highest offices
Theresa May: scraped though a key vote on Brexit legislation in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters UK edging to a softer Brexit but road to a deal still looks very rocky
MPs line up to announce the result of the vote in the House of Commons during the debate for the EU withdrawal Bill on Tuesday. Photograph: PA Wire May dodges bullet after extraordinary Brexit Bill negotiation
British prime minister Theresa May. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters No-deal Brexit dies on the floor of the House of Commons
Tánaiste Simon Coveney: “Internal challenges of British politics are not a matter for me.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne Britain negotiating with itself causing problems, says Coveney
Conservative rebels have warned Theresa May that her government could face defeat on the EU Withdrawal Bill next week unless a new amendment reflects their concerns. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters. Brexit: May agrees to amend Withdrawal Bill to appease Tory rebels
A file image Phillip Lee who resigned as Justice minister on Tuesday. Photograph: AFP British minister resigns over ‘irresponsible’ Brexit strategy
Bracknell MP Dr Phillip Lee who has resigned as a justice minister. Photograph: PA Full text of Phillip Lee statement on his resignation
Frankfurt, Germany. Deutsche Börse ran a points system to incentivise users to bring business to the market and signed up 30 banks, asset managers and market-makers. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Barclays and HSBC shift some euro clearing from London to Frankfurt
Cypriot foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides welcomes Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicosia, Cyprus, at the weekend. Photograph: Katia Christodoulou/EPA Varadkar says position on Brexit talks has not softened
Former taoiseach Enda Kenny receives the European Movement Ireland’s European of the Year award. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Enda Kenny says UK government ‘lacks credibility’ on Brexit
Pro-EU demonstrators during a protest outside of the Houses of Parliament in London. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images May seeks backbenchers’ support for crucial Brexit votes
The receivers applied to have proceedings over the debt on the properties admitted the the Commercial Court list. Receivers over two Wicklow properties take proceedings against owners
Half of the Republic’s food and drink companies are focusing on new markets outside the UK, compared with 32 per cent for all businesses while one third are developing new products, against a quarter generally. Greater fear of Brexit in food and drink sector, says Ibec
Leo Varadkar: ‘The deadline is October and I do think it is possible between now and October for us to finalise and negotiate that withdrawal agreement.’ File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Border deal is not likely until October, Taoiseach claims
Prominent Brexiteers are giving up the claim that leaving the EU will produce immediate economic benefits for the UK. Chris Johns: Semantics of Brexit means nobody knows what’s going on
The audience heard that “spies, police and military intelligence officers and criminals all inhabit this deeply confusing world seeking out the latest cyber criminal and cyber espionage techniques”. File photograph: Getty Images Impact of Brexit on cybersecurity far reaching, says expert
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks to the media following a visit to the Museum of Orange Heritage in Belfast, as part of his visit to Northern Ireland last week. Photograph: Laura Hutton/PA Wire Taoiseach optimistic Brexit deal can be done by October deadline
European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Friday. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/Pool Photo via AP Brexit analysis: Barnier lays waste to UK plan
European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier rejected an arrangement that applies to the whole of the United Kingdom. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters Downing Street rejects backstop only for North
Friends of Britain’s foreign secretary Boris Johnson said it was “sad and very disappointing” that his remarks were given to media. Photograph: Reuters/Toby Melville Boris Johnson’s take on Brexit Border not accurate, says Taoiseach
European Union Chief Negotiator in charge of Brexit negotiations Michel Barnier speaks in Brussels on June 8, 2018. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images Barnier says all-UK extension of backstop is not an option
Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis (right), with international trade secretary Liam Fox outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images Britain to insist on a deal by October on an open Border
UK Brexit secretary David Davis, a hard Brexiteer who threatened resignation if the backstop was not time-limited. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA Q&A on Brexit: so what did London propose?
Observers of Theresa May’s management of Brexit might raise some questions about the details and progress made. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Pool/EPA Some Brexit progress, but big questions remain in London
Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis, who threatened to resign this week. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images Britain’s Remainers are facing a golden opportunity
Whole of UK would remain in EU customs union under plan to avoid hard Border
Former first minister Peter Robinson said he did not believe the DUP was being hypocritical when it said Northern Ireland must be ‘in lockstep’ with Britain when it came to Brexit but not on certain social issues. Photograph: PA Wire Ex-DUP leader suggests fixed generational polls on Irish unity
The UK government is committed to avoiding a ‘hard’ Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. Photograph: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg How the Irish ‘backstop’ has divided Theresa May’s Cabinet
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier: tweeted a general welcome with reservations about the “#UK proposal on customs aspects of IE/NI backstop”. Photograph: Balazs Mohai Lack of ‘significant progress’ in UK Brexit report
Sterling suffered on news that the UK cabinet could not reach an agreed position on the Border. Photograph: EPA Sterling falls to one-month low against euro
Britain’s prime minister Theresa May has managed to steer the UK on a trajectory that will keep it as close as possible to the EU in terms of trade and regulation while holding her party together. Photograph: EPA/Neil Hall Stephen Collins: Maybe Theresa May has a cunning Brexit plan
Theresa May: the benches behind her were filled with row after row of despondent faces, Brexiteers and Remainers alike. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Theresa May can’t please everyone with backstop balancing act
Britain’s secretary for departing the EU, David Davis. Photograph: Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters UK cabinet divided as Brexit backstop plan due
Brexit: a stupid mongrel feverishly eating its own tail Kathy Sheridan: Brexit debate a stupid mongrel feverishly eating its own tail
Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday that Britain should still be allowed to negotiate new trade deals after Brexit. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire Brexit: British Labour looks for ‘new European single market’
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has been increasing pressure on London to propose more concrete solutions in time for the summit. Photograph: EPA/BALAZS MOHAI Brussels talks mark beginning of crucial fortnight on Brexit
Prime minister Theresa May: she needs to table something on Brexit border that could work, meets commitments, and is politically acceptable. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images May must devise version of Brexit backstop option, says think-tank
British prime minister Theresa May: she believes “no deal is better than a bad deal” when it comes to Brexit. Photograph: Reuters Brexit: Britain will be ‘fully prepared’ for any no-deal exit from EU
Ibec chief executive Danny McCoy. The Irish business representative group was among the most active lobbyists in the EU in 2017. Photograph: Eric Luke Ibec spent €1.3m lobbying in the EU last year
Heaney Farmhouse beers Heaney family farm seeks permission for microbrewery
There could be a “very significant” deterioration of co-operation between Dublin and London, causing “immediate and serious problems” in dealing with criminals and terrorists. Photograph: iStock Government planning for ‘worst-case scenario’ on extradition with UK
DUP leader Arlene Foster: “For us our only red line is that we are not treated any different from the rest of the United Kingdom, that there are no trade barriers put up between Northern Ireland and our biggest market, which, of course, is Great Britain.” Photograph: PA Wire DUP would not back May if NI treated differently post-Brexit
At present, Wells has only a small presence in both Dublin, where it employs only about 170 people, and Paris, where it has about 30 Wells Fargo eyes Paris and Dublin as post-Brexit hubs
Labour leader Brendan Howlin has said the position of Britain’s government on Brexit amounted to ‘a very British coup’. File photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos Britain’s Brexit strategy is ‘a very British coup’, Howlin claims
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney: ‘If there is no progress on the backstop, we are in for an uncertain summer.’ Photograph: Cyril Byrne Government gives Theresa May two weeks to solve Border issue