Can DUP be brought in from the cold to end Northern Ireland protocol row? Party has set conditions for a deal but former taoiseach Bertie Ahern says solution is ‘not rocket science’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2023
Protocol row ‘isn’t rocket science’, says ex-taoiseach in call for solution Bertie Ahern was speaking at the Northern Ireland Committee at Westminster on Monday. The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023
EU and UK negotiators must be given ‘space’ to reach NI Protocol deal Ireland’s deputy premier Micheal Martin said both sides had to overcome challenges if an agreement was to be stuck. The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023
Adoption and social care legislation in Northern Ireland stalled due to Stormont's collapse They are the latest bills confirmed to be facing delays after it emerged legislation on organ donation has been stalled Belfast Live · Jan 20, 2023
Varadkar expresses regret that NI Protocol was imposed without unionist consent The Irish premier said the prospect of an EU/UK deal on the contentious trading arrangements was ‘very real’. The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023
Leo Varadkar admits regrets over Northern Ireland protocol Ireland’s taoiseach regrets Brexit arrangement imposed without agreement of unionists and nationalists The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023
Stormont: Latest powersharing deadline in NI passes without a breakthrough The UK government has once again assumed a legal duty to call a snap Assembly election in the region within 12 weeks Belfast Live · Jan 20, 2023
Latest powersharing deadline in Northern Ireland passes without a breakthrough The Government is to hold back on calling an election in the short term amid hopes the EU and UK can strike a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol. The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023
Former DUP minister Edwin Poots' bid to halt Brexit Protocol checks cost public £57,000 The spending has been described as "political posturing" and "clearly a waste of public money" Belfast Live · Jan 19, 2023
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 · Jan 19, 2023
Solving protocol impasse can solve powersharing deadlock, Heaton-Harris insists The Northern Ireland Secretary has made clear he will not act immediately on his renewed legal obligation to call a snap Stormont election. The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023
Daithi's Law: Stormont parties urge NI Secretary to help enact organ donation law The enacting of the legislation has been delayed due to the political stalemate. Belfast Live · Jan 19, 2023
Latest Stormont powersharing deadline set to fall The Government will again assume a legal duty to call an election if an executive is not formed on Thursday. The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023
Two MLAs hit £7,000 office costs spending limit three months early amid rising energy bills It comes amid rising energy bills which Stormont sources say have placed added pressure on constituency office budgets Belfast Live · Jan 18, 2023
Belfast Live · Jan 18, 2023 Edwin Poots tells Belfast Council Suffolk community "discriminated against" Former minister raises issue of MUGA pitch linked to plans for new Lidl in West Belfast
Belfast Live · Jan 18, 2023 Latest Stormont deadline looms but little sign of snap Northern Ireland Assembly election There is little expectation the NI secretary will immediately make a move as he has previously pushed back the deadline
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023 Ministers set six-week window to decide on Northern Ireland elections Timetable piles pressure on EU and UK to resolve dispute over Northern Ireland protocol
Belfast Live · Jan 18, 2023 Organ donation: Delay in introducing Daithi's Law branded "unacceptable" Daithi's father Mairtin MacGabhann said the delay in the legislation was "devastating"
Belfast Live · Jan 18, 2023 NI's former top civil servant warns of 'danger' Retained EU Law Bill poses to our environment "This Bill is a real and present danger to our environment and to many of the safeguards and protections we take for granted in our daily lives"
Belfast Live · Jan 14, 2023 DUP writes to watchdog over Sinn Fein MPs not including party wages on register of interests None of Sinn Fein's seven MPs include details of their party wages in their Westminster register of financial interests
Belfast Live · Jan 13, 2023 Poll: 66% say Sinn Fein was right to withdraw from talks with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly The controversy overshadowed a series of political talks to discuss how to resolve the Northern Ireland Protocol impasse
The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2023 UK to further delay calling Northern Ireland election as Brexit talks continue EU sources say progress in protocol dispute is slow despite growing momentum
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023 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
Belfast Live · Jan 12, 2023 Stormont talks on Brexit NI Protocol bring renewed optimism but no breakthrough The arrival of three political big hitters on the same day added to hopes that something could be in the offing after months of deadlock
Belfast Live · Jan 12, 2023 Chris Heaton Harris defends excluding Sinn Fein leader from talks "There are many factors which go into the thought process"