Brexit

Brussels is overhauling the policy constraints it imposes while the UK chancellor is setting new ones of his own

Until six weeks ago customs checks on non-EU products routed through Shannon Airport took place in Clare

Bill will also ensure public services keep running in absence of devolved government

Any such shift would likely inflame backbench Tory Brexiteers after years of negotiations

UK opposition parties to table dozens of amendments in effort to stop the scrapping of key rights

Decision does not affect Zurich’s domestic Irish insurance business

Minister tells audience in Washington big effort will be made to secure agreement before end of year

Dublin conference told that Republicans will not push for UK trade deal ahead of resolution to the Northern Ireland protocol row

James Cleverly says there are still ‘big gaps’ between EU and UK

The British economy is headed for a deeper and longer recession than its peers

A friend was so alarmed by our windowless basement that he threatened to alert the authorities. Now all of Britain seems to be living in a pit of despair

Conservative Brexiteer peer proposes 10% surcharge tax on companies using foreign labour to encourage them to look domestically first

Talks come after British government decision to extend deadline for calling elections to Stormont Assembly

British retailer warns of ‘gathering storm’ of higher costs and pressure on budgets

As the emigration route to Britain has become less trodden, the number of arrivals from our neighbouring island has been increasing

There are signs of progress in negotiations on the protocol but there is a way to go yet and it is unclear if a deal can break the political stalemate in Northern Ireland