Theresa May: Brexit statement expected at 8
The Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar kindly announced it a short while ago in Dublin.
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We’re joined in Dublin by Irish Senator Neale Richmond from the governing Fine Gael party.
A convicted IRA terrorist has told a court the names of four men he claims were responsible for the Birmingham pub bombings, 45 years ago.
The Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar kindly announced it a short while ago in Dublin.
Theresa May says there’s only 5% of the deal still to go. But that 5% is sorting out the Northern Ireland border. And she has to sort it out as patience amongst her backbenchers and cabinet is fraying.
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Leo Varadkar has been hosting the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Dublin, giving the UK a taster of the sort of lines it is going to hear next week at the European Council meeting in Brussels. “There isn’t much time left,” the Taoiseach said. “There is an urgent need to make progress.” Mr Juncker echoed that…
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Professor Jim Dornan is a world renowned gynaecologist living on Northern Ireland’s “Gold Coast,” the prosperous stretch of County Down peppered with picture window residences. He’s one of Northern Ireland’s great and the good. He’s celebrated in his field. He’s from a unionist background. As it happens, he’s also father of the actor Jamie Dornan,…
It is now clear that the Brexit Transition deal will be agreed at the European Council on Friday morning. The EU27 judge that sufficient parts of their draft legal text, their attempt to codify what was shaken on in December, are now agreed on.
As Theresa May got Cabinet sign off for the “serious” and “ambitious” Brexit policy she’ll set out in her speech tomorrow, EU leaders have warned that her own red lines mean Britain is closing the door on itself.
Earlier this week, I criticised the Irish Met Service, Met Eireann, for naming Storm Fionn. Here’s why I did this and how I think Met Eireann and the Met Office can improve the storm naming system.
In a fast-moving plot, yet another twist. The Labour front bench has used the urgent question put down to ask David Davis about yesterday’s Brussels mess-up to announce a fundamental shift in its own policy.
We’re live at Dublin’s Convention Centre on the banks of the Liffey in Ireland where there’s one word on everyone’s lips – Brexit. For weeks that word has caused high tension between Britain and Ireland in a standoff over the Irish Border – today some mood music that small amounts of progress is being made.
Theresa May finds herself caught between the conflicting demands of the Irish Government and the DUP as the deadline to agree the first stage of the Brexit deal approaches.