Northern Ireland

  • Oct 17, 2019
  • 2 min read

New EU-UK Brexit deal faces domestic opposition

London and Brussels have reached a new Brexit deal, but getting it through the UK Parliament will be difficult

United Kingdom
  • Oct 3, 2019
  • 2 min read

UK Brexit offer fails to provide required assurances

UK Brexit proposals fall short in guaranteeing no return of a hard border on the island of Ireland

United Kingdom
  • Oct 2, 2019
  • 7 min read

No backstop or no deal is Ireland’s Brexit dilemma

Ireland and the EU may prefer a no-deal Brexit to a deal with no backstop

Ireland
  • Oct 1, 2019
  • 2 min read

Reported Brexit proposals highlight EU-UK divergence

The United Kingdom has reportedly proposed the creation of customs posts on either side of the Irish border

Ireland
  • Sep 17, 2019
  • 7 min read

A backstop solution to Brexit has some potential

London accepts that any agreement with the EU should include special treatment for Northern Ireland

United Kingdom
  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 2 min read

Expectations from UK-EU meeting on Brexit are low

Today's Johnson-Juncker meeting is unlikely to result in any breakthrough concerning the Irish border conundrum

United Kingdom
  • Sep 11, 2019
  • 2 min read

A Northern Ireland solution to Brexit is possible

Agreeing a Northern Ireland-only backstop appears the only way the UK government could deliver Brexit by October 31

United Kingdom
  • Sep 6, 2019
  • 6 min read

Scotland could pass new referendum powers

Scotland could pass a bill which would enable its government to hold an independence referendum without London’s consent

United Kingdom