# eu - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Brexit
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# Brexit
The UK Government recently made a request to the European Commission for an extension of grace periods until 2023.
# eu - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Kremlin Critic
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# Kremlin Critic
The EU also agreed on sanctions for Myanmar over the military’s seizure of power.
# eu - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Covax
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# Covax
US President Joe Biden is also set to introduce significant funding for Covax.
# eu - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Article 16
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# Article 16
European Commission vice president Maroš Šefčovič addressed TDs and Senators today.
# eu - Wednesday 10 February, 2021
# Northern Ireland
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# Northern Ireland
The move was quickly reversed after much criticism from Ireland, Northern Ireland and Britain.
# Trade
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# Trade
The Social Democrats TD argues that there has been more time dedicated to the controversial Canadian-EU trade deal on the airwaves and social media than in the Dáil.
# eu - Friday 5 February, 2021
# Vaccine Strategy
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# Vaccine Strategy
Von der Leyen also admitted she should never “even have thought” of invoking Article 16.
# eu - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# The Protocol
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# The Protocol
Post-Brexit inspections on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain have been suspended amid concerns over the safety of officials.
# eu - Sunday 31 January, 2021
# Vaccine
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# Vaccine
The EU will receive 40 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the first three months of 2021.
# Vaccines
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# Vaccines
Politicians across Ireland and the UK were left blindsided by the move by the EU over concerns about the supply of Covid vaccines.
# Peace Process
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# Peace Process
The bloc backtracked on the move, imposed unilaterally as it faces shortfalls on vaccine supplies.
# eu - Friday 29 January, 2021
# Covid19
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# Covid19
The EU is under increasing pressure as member states face unexpected supply issues just one month into their vaccine programmes.
# Green Light
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Vaccine touted as 'game-changer' due to relative ease of transport and storage EMA notes it cannot estimate efficacy for over 55s AstraZeneca dispute with EU sees contract published Ireland due to receive over 280,000 doses in next two months
# eu - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Brexit
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# Brexit
The EU ’s former chief Brexit negotiator was awarded the European of the Year award by EM Ireland today.
# eu - Saturday 16 January, 2021
# Election
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# Election
Palestine intends to hold elections in May and July.
# eu - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# As Gaeilge
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# As Gaeilge
It’s the first time a case at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice has been conducted through Irish.
# eu - Tuesday 12 January, 2021
# Batch-stop
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# Batch-stop
One driver asked if a border guard could “take off the meat and you leave me the bread”.
# eu - Friday 8 January, 2021
# United Ireland
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# United Ireland
Former cabinet minister Lord Blunkett made the prediction as peers debated the agreement between the UK and EU .
# eu - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Final Countdown
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# Final Countdown
The UK’s departure from the European Union takes full effect at 11pm.
# eu - Tuesday 29 December, 2020
# Brexiteers
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# Brexiteers
They concluded that the agreement ‘preserves the UK’s sovereignty as a matter of law’.
# eu - Sunday 27 December, 2020
# Brexit
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# Brexit
The EU and the UK published full 1,246-page text of the treaty yesterday.
# eu - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Brexit
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# Brexit
The 1,246-page document waspublished this morning.
# Vaccination
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# Vaccination
Several countries have reported cases of the new strain.
# eu - Thursday 24 December, 2020
# And That's A Wrap
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# And That's A Wrap
From what has been published so far, the UK conceded on both fisheries and the level playing field, while the EU conceded on governance.
# A Christmas Miracle
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After 24 hours of speculation that there was a deal, the news was confirmed this afternoon. “This agreement will write history,” European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said. A Downing Street source said the deal takes the UK out of the “lunar pull of the EU” and the ECJ.
# eu - Wednesday 23 December, 2020
# Brexciting
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# Brexciting
It had been reported that the negotiating teams were pushing to get a deal over the line before Christmas.
# eu - Monday 21 December, 2020
# Your Say
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# Your Say
Another weekend of tense negotiations failed to achieve a breakthrough.
# Customs Union
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# Customs Union
Michel Barnier and Lord Frost met in Brussels yesterday.
# eu - Saturday 19 December, 2020
# Sinking Ship
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# Sinking Ship
Fishing is now the main obstacle to securing a pact by 1 January.
# eu - Friday 18 December, 2020
# Groundhog Day
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# Groundhog Day
Michel Barnier said earlier: “There is a chance of getting an agreement but the path to such an agreement is very narrow.”
# eu - Wednesday 16 December, 2020
# CETA
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# CETA
Party membership has been told that ratifying the controversial EU -Canada trade deal is “politically important” with Brexit looming.
# Coronavirus
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# Coronavirus
Tougher measures are being implemented across the continent.
# Brexit
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# Brexit
The European Commission president addressed the European Parliament this morning.
# eu - Sunday 13 December, 2020
# Brexit
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# Brexit
The legal date for the UK to leave the Customs Union and Single Market is 31 December.
# eu - Friday 11 December, 2020
# Grumbles In Brussels
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# Grumbles In Brussels
Leaders also came to a compromise yesterday to clear the way for a €1.8 trillion Covid-19 recovery package.
# eu - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Brexit
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UK and EU to "come to a decision" on trade negotiations by Sunday Micheál Martin says he doesn't expect a 'lengthy discussion' on Brexit at today's European Council meeting Senior Downing Street source says it is “unclear” if differences can be bridged
# ECHR
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# ECHR
The three women from Dublin, Cork and Meath had sought damages from the State.
# eu - Monday 7 December, 2020
# End Game
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'Significant differences' remain on the level playing field, fisheries and governance Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said new problems on fisheries had arisen The House of Commons votes to reject Lords' amendments to Internal Market Bill, but UK government agrees to 'deactivate' contentious clauses if there is a trade deal
# CLIMATE CRISIS
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# CLIMATE CRISIS
November 2020 was 0.1 degrees Celsius hotter than the previous record.
# eu - Friday 4 December, 2020
# Factcheck
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# Factcheck
The head of the UK regulator who approved the Pfizer vaccine said its progress was “totally dependent” on the “rolling review” approach it took.
