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Mountain to climb to resolve NI Protocol issues, says Irish deputy PM

Micheal Martin said the EU/UK negotiations needed to be given ‘time and space’.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak must defy Tory ‘Brexit purity cult’ to get protocol deal, says Starmer

Labour leader offers ‘political cover’ – as he urges PM to stand up to MPs in European Research Group

The Independent UK

Taoiseach to seek legal advice on whether ex-Minister Damien English breached planning law

The Meath West TD resigned as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise over his failure to declare ownership of a property when applying for planning permission for another Meath home in 2008.

Irish Mirror

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Exclusion of party leaders from NI protocol meetings must end – McDonald

The row over Mary Lou McDonald’s exclusion from a meeting this week has overshadowed talks on the protocol and Stormont crisis.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald believes stalemate on Northern Irish protocol could 'move quickly'

Brexit talks collapsed yesterday after Ms McDonald excluded from meetings with the British Foreign Secretary

Irish Mirror

British-EU talks remain challenging, complex - Irish foreign minister

Very challenging and complex issues remain to be resolved in talks between British and European Union negotiators on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland despite recent progress, Irish Foreign Minister Michéal Martin said on Thursday.

Reuters

Varadkar and Starmer head to Belfast as attempts to resolve protocol row ramp up

A meeting held by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly went awry after Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald was not allowed to take part.

The Independent UK

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Varadkar hopes exclusion of McDonald from protocol talks is not ‘new precedent’

The Sinn Fein leader was told she could not attend the meeting.

The Independent UK

Zelensky invites Irish premier to visit Ukraine

The Ukrainian president also extended new year’s wishes to the people of Ireland.

The Independent UK

Data sharing progress between EU and UK hailed as ‘significant building block’

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris met European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic in London

The Independent UK

Still much to do in Northern Ireland Brexit talks, Dublin cautions

Britain and the European Union still have much work to do to settle on revised post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland after making important progress this week, Irish Foreign Minister Michéal Martin said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Irish passport boom as record number issued in 2022 amid surge in applications from UK

Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin described extraordinary volumes of applications.

Irish Mirror

Irish passports: Record year for with 1,080,000 issued in 2022

The number of first-time passport applications from Northern Ireland and Great Britain was 100,000 out of over 1.15 million total applications

Belfast Live

Record year for Irish passports with 1,080,000 issued in 2022

The number of first-time passport applications from Northern Ireland and Great Britain was 100,000 out of over 1.15 million total applications.

The Independent UK

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Belfast Live

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists security concerns will not stop him visiting Northern Ireland

Some some sections of unionism and loyalism claim he was an instrumental figure in the creation of the Protocol

Irish Mirror

Oliver Callan won't refer to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s nightclub video in RTE sketch

“His fridge is much more fun from our point of view because it is something he obviously mistakenly shared about his life and it kind of became a gigantic metaphor for his entire career."

Belfast Live

Leo Varadkar pledges humility and resolve as he becomes Irish premier again

The Fine Gael leader has replaced the Fianna Fail leader as Taoiseach under the terms of the 2020 coalition deal

The Independent UK

Leo Varadkar pledges ‘humility and resolve’ as he becomes Irish premier again

Fine Gael leader Mr Varadkar has replaced Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin as taoiseach as part of a deal within the coalition government.

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The National (Scotland)

Leo Varadkar set to return to power as Micheal Martin steps down as taoiseach

LEO Varadkar is set to return to power after the Irish parliament backed him to become the next taoiseach.

The Independent UK

Ireland’s Dail backs nomination of Leo Varadkar as taoiseach

Leo Varadkar replaces Micheal Martin in a planned handover of power within Ireland’s coalition government.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein says it is time for a general election, not a switch of taoiseach

Mary Lou McDonald led opposition criticism of the handover of power from Micheal Martin to Leo Varadkar.

Irish Mirror

Conor McGregor slams Leo Varadkar's reappointment as Taoiseach and hails Micheal Martin

McGregor took to social media and slammed Varadkar while praising outgoing Taoiseach Micheal Martin.

The Independent UK

Micheal Martin resigns as taoiseach ahead of power handover to Leo Varadkar

Fine Gael leader Mr Varadkar will become premier for the second time on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Irish PM Micheal Martin steps down ahead handover to Leo Varadkar

Micheal Martin has formally resigned as Ireland’s premier, paving the way for Leo Varadkar to succeed him in a planned handover of power.

Belfast Live

Micheal Martin steps aside as Irish premier

There is speculation that Micheal Martin may be headed for a role on the European or global stage - possibly as Ireland's EU Commissioner

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