Retailers Seek Clarity On Grace Period For Irish Sea Trade
December 14, 2020 No Responses

Retailers Seek Clarity On Grace Period For Irish Sea Trade

Clarity is being sought around extending the grace period for supermarkets’ Irish Sea trade to independent retailers, the Northern Ireland Secretary said. Supermarkets will have months extra at the end of the Brexit transition period to adjust their procedures to...
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DUP: Extention Of Post-Brexit Trade Talks Should Lead To Tariff-Free Deal
December 13, 2020 No Responses

DUP: Extention Of Post-Brexit Trade Talks Should Lead To Tariff-Free Deal

The extension of post-Brexit trade talks should lead to a tariff and quota-free deal, unionists in Northern Ireland said. The movement of goods from Great Britain to the country should take place with a minimum of checks, the DUP’s Nigel...
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Test Performances At The NCH And Abbey Theatre To Begin Next Week
December 13, 2020 No Responses

Test Performances At The NCH And Abbey Theatre To Begin Next Week

A series of test live performances will take place at Dublin’s National Concert Hall (NCH) and Abbey Theatre from next week as Ireland unwinds pandemic lockdown restrictions. The events are an important step in showing that these are controlled spaces...
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Trade Deal Needs To Be Completed Within Days Says Coveney
December 13, 2020 No Responses

Trade Deal Needs To Be Completed Within Days Says Coveney

A post-Brexit trade deal needs to be struck within days, the Irish Government has said. A “cliff-edge” failure of talks, just hours before the transition period runs out, cannot be allowed, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney warned. He said...
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Taoiseach Outlines Ireland’s Commitment To Climate Action
December 12, 2020 No Responses

Taoiseach Outlines Ireland’s Commitment To Climate Action

The Taoiseach has outlined Ireland’s commitment to climate action at a summit to mark five years of the Paris Climate Accord. Addressing the virtual summit Micheál Martin said Ireland would double its percentage contribution of development aid spending ...
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Ireland Has Lowest Incidence Of Coronavirus In Europe Says Holohan
December 12, 2020 No Responses

Ireland Has Lowest Incidence Of Coronavirus In Europe Says Holohan

Ireland has the lowest incidence of coronavirus in Europe, chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan said. The chief medical officer praised younger people’s “enormous achievement” in driving down the rate of infection. Three more people have died with Covid...
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First Same-Sex Religious Marriage Is Held In The North
December 12, 2020 No Responses

First Same-Sex Religious Marriage Is Held In The North

The first same-sex religious wedding in Northern Ireland took place on Saturday afternoon. Chris McNaghten and Jon Swan married in Co Antrim in a ceremony officiated by a religious minister with the Harbour Faith Community, which describes itself as the...
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Two Charged With The Murder Of Robbie Lawlor In Belfast
December 11, 2020 No Responses

Two Charged With The Murder Of Robbie Lawlor In Belfast

Two men have been charged with the murder of Dublin criminal Robbie Lawlor. Mr Lawlor, 36, was shot dead outside a house in the Ardoyne area of Belfast in April. The two men accused of his murder also face a...
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Leaders At Stormont Defend Loosening Circuit-Breaker Restrictions
December 10, 2020 No Responses

Leaders At Stormont Defend Loosening Circuit-Breaker Restrictions

Stormont leaders have defended the relaxation of circuit-breaker restrictions in Northern Ireland at a time when daily death and infection numbers remain high. First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill also pledged to take the C...
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Post Brexit Trade Deal Is ‘Within Reach’ Says Taoiseach
December 10, 2020 No Responses

Post Brexit Trade Deal Is ‘Within Reach’ Says Taoiseach

The Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that a post-Brexit trade agreement is “within reach”. Mr Martin said, however, that there are no “winners or losers” in the coming days of the negotiations. At a summit of EU leaders on Thursday,...
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