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‘Urgent action needed’ over supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland

Urgent action is needed from the Government over the supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland to protect human and animal health, peers have said. The House of Lords cross-party Windsor Framework Sub-Committee has written to Northern ...

30 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

UK and Ireland ministers say relations ‘back on positive trajectory’

A meeting of Irish and British parliamentarians has heard that the relationship between the UK and Ireland is “back on a positive trajectory” following Brexit. However, key speakers told the 65th plenary session of the British-Irish ...

23 Oct 2023 at 12:35

Baker says Brexit poll shows Irish unity vote should need supermajority

Northern Ireland

Steve Baker says Brexit vote ‘probably should have been a supermajority’

A Government minister has expressed regret that the Brexit referendum did not require a supermajority to pass, and suggested any vote on Irish unity should also use such a threshold. Northern Ireland Office minister and leading ...

23 Oct 2023 at 17:45

Northern Ireland

Pro-IRA chanting at airport condemned

A number of politicians have condemned footage which appears to show a group of passengers at Dublin Airport singing a pro-IRA song. The video was posted to social media on Saturday and features lyrics from Celtic Symphony by ...

16 Oct 2022 at 14:02

National News

Stormont brake clears Commons despite opposition from Tory MPs and DUP

Rishi Sunak’s new deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland has cleared its first Commons test despite opposition from some Tory MPs and the DUP. MPs voted 515 to 29, majority 486, in favour of ...

22 Mar 2023 at 16:04

Northern Ireland

Tanaiste says still ‘hard, practical work’ needed to reconcile communities

Irish deputy premier Micheal Martin has said the potential for communities to reconcile as part of the Good Friday Agreement has not been fulfilled. In an interview with the BBC, the Tanaiste declined to say ...

29 Oct 2023 at 14:23

Northern Ireland

Supermajority comments ‘not a shift in UK Government policy over unity poll’

There has been no change in the UK Government’s position towards a referendum on Irish unity, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has insisted. Appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs ...

25 Oct 2023 at 13:00

National News

Northern Ireland minister’s apology ‘honest’ and ‘very helpful’ – Taoiseach

Ireland’s premier has described Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker’s apology over his previous stance on Brexit as “honest” and “very helpful”. Taoiseach Micheal Martin welcomed the tone of Mr ...

03 Oct 2022 at 19:41

National News

Varadkar cautions against supermajority in any future Irish unity vote

Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said that a UK government minister is “absolutely entitled to express his opinions” after suggesting that a super majority should be needed in a poll on Irish ...

27 Oct 2023 at 11:44

Northern Ireland

DUP urged to ‘choke down’ its position in refusing to reform government

A Northern Ireland Office minister has urged the DUP to “choke down” its position in refusing to re-enter Stormont powersharing so that an election can be avoided Steve Baker said another ...

24 Oct 2022 at 18:26

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland minister asks Irish government to give legacy body ‘a chance’

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has appealed to the Irish government to meet with the head of a new commission created under the UK Government’s controversial Legacy Act. The ...

23 Oct 2023 at 13:39

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Protocol a ‘little too strict’, Ireland’s deputy PM says

The Northern Ireland Protocol as it was originally designed is a “little too strict”, Ireland’s deputy premier has said. Leo Varadkar said the protocol was working despite it not ...

06 Oct 2022 at 13:30

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