Mrs May

No deal was avoided this week, but it has not gone away

The October extension is too short to do anything useful, but too long to tighten the screws on London

Ireland faces the very real threat of a no-eel Brexit

Europe Letter: Lough Erne’s fascinating eels highlight what is at stake in the UK’s exit

Brexit summit shows shifting EU strategies

Despite divisions and posturing, Europe remains united on the need to avoid a no-deal exit

Brexit: Long extension may be next as May runs out of road

Delay request from UK would necessitate a commitment to contest European elections

Brexit: Downing Street tries new tack to win Labour votes for deal

Commons could vote on withdrawal agreement without future relationship element

Hard decisions still to come as EU leaders kick can down the road

Any further application by Theresa May for Brexit delay will not be automatically granted

Brexit: EU needs ‘persuasive’ UK plan to grant extension

Coveney says time should be used on 'new plan of action' or 'new approach'

Brexit: Pessimism in London about prospects of crucial vote

As backstop talks continue in Brussels, hard Brexiteers line up lawyers to review outcome

Brexit: Theresa May says an extension will only delay decisions

Tusk confirms he has discussed an extension with May: says it is a ‘rational solution’

British government to step up action on the backstop

Theresa May’s ministers are set for another round of Brexit talks after latest Commons defeat

EU support for Ireland evident as Brexit realities sharpen in focus

Thoughts turn to backstop as device not principle and Border function as May lacks deal

Hard or soft border? Crucial Brexit talks in Dublin over next few weeks

Inside Politics: reports of disharmony in Cabinet over Shane Ross circulate around Leinster House

The only way forward on Brexit involves a UK repudiation of its red lines

Analysis: Barnier says if UK is willing to go back on its red lines the EU would be prepared to look again at its own position

DUP in uproar as Theresa May says no-deal Brexit would jeopardise union

Unionists seek clarity from May after ‘foolish talk’ on Northern Ireland’s future in UK

MPs seek to block no-deal Brexit by threatening to restrict taxation powers

May insists MPs will vote on her Brexit deal next week, although dozens of Conservatives have promised to vote against it

Public bodies and State agencies to end purchase of single-use cups

Each department to submit recycling plans by mid-June

Moving target May might well look to Danes’ Maastricht manoeuvre

Europe Letter: Has British PM not considered asking Corbyn to cough up Brexit solution?

What if EU leaders had agreed to Theresa May’s backstop request?

PM is looking for clarifications, but she needs to guarantee that parliament will accept them

EU summit approves key elements of monetary reform

Donald Tusk says although withdrawal agreement is inviolable he is at Theresa May’s disposal

Brexit comes down the priority list for jaded, divided EU leaders

Europe Letter: Brexit will get a look-in, but is by no means leaders’ main preoccupation

Mood shifts against May as she seeks support for Brexit deal

Conservative hardliners believe they are close to triggering confidence vote on prime minister

Guarantees sought by UK have precedence in EU’s past

Nice and Lisbon treaties came with declarations to placate many of Ireland’s concerns

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