DUP urges British government to act 'unilaterally', after EU and UK meet over NI Protocol
The UK Government recently made a request to the European Commission for an extension of grace periods until 2023.
The UK Government recently made a request to the European Commission for an extension of grace periods until 2023.
The EU also agreed on sanctions for Myanmar over the military’s seizure of power.
US President Joe Biden is also set to introduce significant funding for Covax.
European Commission vice president Maroš Šefčovič addressed TDs and Senators today.
The move was quickly reversed after much criticism from Ireland, Northern Ireland and Britain.
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.
Von der Leyen also admitted she should never “even have thought” of invoking Article 16.
Post-Brexit inspections on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain have been suspended amid concerns over the safety of officials.
The EU will receive 40 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the first three months of 2021.
Politicians across Ireland and the UK were left blindsided by the move by the EU over concerns about the supply of Covid vaccines.
The bloc backtracked on the move, imposed unilaterally as it faces shortfalls on vaccine supplies.
The EU is under increasing pressure as member states face unexpected supply issues just one month into their vaccine programmes.
The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator was awarded the European of the Year award by EM Ireland today.
Palestine intends to hold elections in May and July.
It’s the first time a case at the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice has been conducted through Irish.
One driver asked if a border guard could “take off the meat and you leave me the bread”.
Former cabinet minister Lord Blunkett made the prediction as peers debated the agreement between the UK and EU.
The UK’s departure from the European Union takes full effect at 11pm.
They concluded that the agreement ‘preserves the UK’s sovereignty as a matter of law’.
The EU and the UK published full 1,246-page text of the treaty yesterday.
The 1,246-page document waspublished this morning.
Several countries have reported cases of the new strain.
From what has been published so far, the UK conceded on both fisheries and the level playing field, while the EU conceded on governance.
It had been reported that the negotiating teams were pushing to get a deal over the line before Christmas.
Another weekend of tense negotiations failed to achieve a breakthrough.
Michel Barnier and Lord Frost met in Brussels yesterday.
Fishing is now the main obstacle to securing a pact by 1 January.
Michel Barnier said earlier: “There is a chance of getting an agreement but the path to such an agreement is very narrow.”
Party membership has been told that ratifying the controversial EU-Canada trade deal is “politically important” with Brexit looming.
Tougher measures are being implemented across the continent.
The European Commission president addressed the European Parliament this morning.
The legal date for the UK to leave the Customs Union and Single Market is 31 December.
Leaders also came to a compromise yesterday to clear the way for a €1.8 trillion Covid-19 recovery package.
The three women from Dublin, Cork and Meath had sought damages from the State.
November 2020 was 0.1 degrees Celsius hotter than the previous record.
The head of the UK regulator who approved the Pfizer vaccine said its progress was “totally dependent” on the “rolling review” approach it took.