British-Irish Council

Angry scenes at Stormont as DUP blocks lockdown extension

Northern Executive fails to reach agreement for a second night amid business calls for clarity

Covid-19: Taoiseach calls for more co-ordinated British-Irish response

Governments should agree on right level of restrictions to ‘protect lives and livelihoods’

Newton Emerson: Stormont was not the centre of John Hume’s vision

The North-South Ministerial Council is where he hoped the future would be built

North South Ministers discuss sharing passenger locator data

O’Neill says there is a ‘confused picture’ around travel regulations in North and South

Covid-19: North’s Minister for Health calls for all-Ireland stance on international arrivals

Robin Swann voices concerns over ‘inability’ of North and South to share data on arrivals

Covid-19: Anomalies in travel rules need to be resolved, say North’s Ministers

British-Irish summit called for to address inconsistencies in Common Travel Area

Newton Emerson: Unionists surprisingly interested in a ‘united island’

FF-FG ambivalence makes prospect of meaningful regional autonomy possible

Talks to reinstate Stormont to start on December 16th, Northern Secretary says

With a ‘Christmas spirit’ deal can be done to bring back powersharing, says Julian Smith

Newton Emerson: Suspending democracy is not the way to save it

Postponing Stormont elections has proved counter productive in fixing the impasse

Smith warns of North elections if executive does not return by January 13th

Northern Secretary says such an election would make ‘a failure of every politician’ in North

Government to seek ‘consultative role’ in NI if direct rule imposed after Brexit

British PM expressed desire to attend next British-Irish Council meeting, says Varadkar

Incoming Central Bank governor to make statement on ‘hacking’ report

Gabriel Makhlouf’s handling of budget leak has been severely criticised

Brexit: Varadkar warns next British PM deal will not be re-opened

‘Agreement won’t be re-opened, without backstop there will be no transition period’

Arlene Foster says DUP will not support May’s Brexit plan

‘She has to do the maths as to whether she can proceed without our support in parliament’

Brexit deal ‘more likely than not,’ over coming weeks, says Varadkar

British and Irish leaders meet for Brexit-dominated summit on Isle of Man

Brexit to dominate the agenda at the British Irish Council

Leo Varadkar and other leaders meeting for a day of talks on the Isle of Man

Newton Emerson: Dublin, London are circling each other in confusion and mistrust

Underused intergovernmental forum can help address Stormont’s deadlocked issues

Newton Emerson: Neglecting the British-Irish Council is a terrible mistake

EU interests are part of the Council’s remit and it is an ideal forum to discuss them

Varadkar warns of likelihood of no-deal Brexit

British-Irish Council summit in Guernsey hears of Irish resolve to intensify efforts

UK now ‘more likely’ to leave EU without a deal, says Varadkar

Taoiseach says deadlock over Border has increased the prospect of a no-deal scenario

Environmental ministers: Non-native species must be contained

Co-ordinated UK-Irish efforts, including ‘check, clean, dry’ protocol for water activities

UK should stay in single market and customs union - Sturgeon

Brexit agenda: Scottish first minister talks up closer Scotland-Ireland ties on Dublin visit

Post-Brexit Border issue requires a ‘double-doors’ solution

To safeguard the all-island economy, Ireland needs two partly overlapping trade zones

Brexit is ‘challenge of our generation’, Taoiseach to tell Belfast audience

Varadkar will also urge Northern Ireland politicians to restore Stormont

Tory talk of union hides soft underbelly of English nationalism

Redefining relationship with Republic just one aspect of potentially fraught Brexit

Britain will not pay €60bn EU bill after Brexit, TDs told

Tory MP says the UK will not honour existing fiscal commitments during Dublin meeting

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon visits Dublin

Leader of SNP to visit Áras an Uachtaráin, Trinity College and address Seanad

Government could still appoint new judges, Kenny indicates

Independent Minister Shane Ross had insisted on no new judicial appointments

Kenny says Brexit could bring about united Ireland

EU exit on agenda for Taoiseach’s meeting with Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon

Newton Emerson: Unionists right to boycott Kenny’s Brexit forum

Cross-Border discussions already possible and real talks will be between Dublin and London

Ireland and Brexit: Kenny says Government ready for worst-case scenarios

Taoiseach’s priorities are protection of the peace process and Irish-British trade

World View: Belgium offers a way out of the Brexit impasse

Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales could all have separate relationships with the EU similar to Flanders and Wallonia

Irish Government plays down UK reports of Brexit deal

‘Too early to speculate’ on idea of allowing UK access to single market, says Flanagan

Kenny to attend British-Irish Council meeting on Brexit

BIC established under the Belfast Agreement of 1998 which set out basis for peace process

Dublin and Edinburgh grow closer in wake of Brexit

Leinster House has become Sturgeon’s greatest ally since result of Brexit vote

Kenny says common travel area important in Brexit negotiations

EU summit: Taoiseach points to importance of protecting the peace process

Brexit puts key parts of NI settlement at risk, says legal expert

UK leaving EU would see ‘substantial removal’ of provisions on human rights

Government publishes Brexit contingency plan

Plan outline priorities for how State will work ‘within EU context’ to manage fallout

Brexit: Kenny warns of change in relations if UK leaves EU

Taoiseach calls for Irish in UK to vote against Brexit at British Irish Council meeting

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