Trade Row Looms as ‘Brexit Day’ Approaches
January 28, 2020 No Responses

Trade Row Looms as ‘Brexit Day’ Approaches

A Brexit trade row is brewing as Britain is only days away from its European Union exit, according to reports. The Times reports that Brussels will attempt to gain the upper hand before trade talks start late next month by...
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Frictionless Trade After Brexit Will Be ‘Impossible’, Says Barnier
January 27, 2020 No Responses

Frictionless Trade After Brexit Will Be ‘Impossible’, Says Barnier

Frictionless trade after Brexit will be impossible, the EU chief Brexit negotiator has said. Michel Barnier made the comments to an audience at the Queen’s University in Belfast just days before the UK is set to leave the EU. “The...
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Varadkar: Brexit Trade Negotiations Do Not Have To Be A ‘Contest’
January 27, 2020 No Responses

Varadkar: Brexit Trade Negotiations Do Not Have To Be A ‘Contest’

Negotiations on the UK and EU’s future relationship does not have to be a contest with winners and losers, The Taoiseach has insisted. After holding talks with EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Dublin, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said both...
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No Travel Restrictions After Brexit Says Tourist Industry
January 26, 2020 No Responses

No Travel Restrictions After Brexit Says Tourist Industry

Travel firms are insisting that “everything will remain the same” for British holidaymakers after Brexit. Warnings were issued last year about potential restrictions for foreign travel in the event of the UK withdrawing from the EU without an agreement. Th...
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Still ‘Huge Amount of Work’ for Brexit Trade Deal Says McEntee
January 26, 2020 No Responses

Still ‘Huge Amount of Work’ for Brexit Trade Deal Says McEntee

The minister for European affairs says negotiating a trade deal with the UK post-Brexit “essentially in 10 months” will be difficult and challenging. Helen McEntee and was on Sky News’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday about the prospects of such a...
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Murphy Calls for More Funding for The North in Treasury Meeting
January 23, 2020 No Responses

Murphy Calls for More Funding for The North in Treasury Meeting

Stormont’s finance minister has said he received a “warm” reception when he met a senior Treasury minister to discuss extra funding for Northern Ireland. Conor Murphy held talks with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak in London on Thursday....
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Rise in Retirement Age to 65 Would Cost €450m Says Sinn Féin
January 22, 2020 No Responses

Rise in Retirement Age to 65 Would Cost €450m Says Sinn Féin

It would cost €450 million to allow people in Ireland to retire at age 65, Sinn Féin said. Dáil candidate Pearse Doherty accused Fine Gael of wanting to make people work longer for less. The retirement age is set to...
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Fine Gael Promises to Only Vote for Brexit Trade Deal That Protects Farmers
January 21, 2020 No Responses

Fine Gael Promises to Only Vote for Brexit Trade Deal That Protects Farmers

Fine Gael has pledged it will only vote for an EU trade agreement that ensures a level playing field for farmers, if they are re-elected. The party has promised to protect farmers in its election manifesto, pledging to safeguard farm...
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EU’s Trade Commissioner Warns That Deal By Year’s End is ‘Just Not Possible’
January 16, 2020 No Responses

EU’s Trade Commissioner Warns That Deal By Year’s End is ‘Just Not Possible’

Boris Johnson’s ambition to get a full trade deal negotiated with Brussels by the end-of-year deadline is “just not possible”, the EU’s trade commissioner has said. Phil Hogan said on Thursday that negotiators were “certainly” not going to be able....
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Hain Calls for Measures to Ensure Unfettered Trade Across The Irish Sea
January 15, 2020 No Responses

Hain Calls for Measures to Ensure Unfettered Trade Across The Irish Sea

Ministers in the UK have been urged to adopt “essential damage limitation measures” aimed at ensuring unfettered trade across the Irish Sea post-Brexit. Putting forward the proposals at Westminster, former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain pointed out ...
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