Asylum seeker encampments have emerged in Dublin as the city struggles with a housing and migrant accommodation crisis.
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Calls to ‘close the border’ are an uncomfortable contradiction to Brexit-era efforts to avoid a hard border at all costs.
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The government’s plan to override the Northern Ireland protocol breaches the UK’s legal obligations.
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Foreign secretary Liz Truss wants to amend UK law to unilaterally rewrite the Brexit settlement it signed with the EU.
Biden has stronger views on Brexit than Donald Trump.
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The question of the Irish border after Brexit is a more pressing matter for the next president than it has been for his predecessor.
From left, the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union affects Ireland, too.
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Politicians who want to unite Ireland under a Dublin-based government are stuck choosing whether to participate in the UK in an effort to stay in the EU.
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The deal put forward might win the prime minister support at home but Brussels also has to get on board.
Boston in the 19th century.
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Despite many Irish-Americans claiming Protestant descent, unionists throughout history have found their rallying cries falling on deaf ears.
Team Boris.
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What is Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan?
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Northern Ireland’s youngest constituents politely request that politicians stop whining about Brexit.
Pelosi has a quick word with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
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The House of Representatives speaker repeatedly said the UK can forget about a trade deal with the US if it fails to meet its obligations to the Good Friday Agreement.
Views on the border: Arlene Foster from Northern Ireland’s DUP meets Irish premier Leo Varadkar at a reception in Washington.
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The UK’s no-deal tariff plan was viewed in Dublin as a way to scare Brexiteers into supporting Theresa May’s deal.
A frictionless border.
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How to make sense of the UK government’s no-deal Brexit contingency plans to avoid a hard border in Ireland.
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What do Theresa May’s last minute Brexit guarantees mean for the Irish border?
The Irish border in 1974.
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The history of smuggling across the Irish border.
Protesters set up a mock checkpoint at the Irish border in January.
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Why much of the fate of the Irish border lies in the future of the UK’s customs arrangements with the EU.
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The Northern Ireland Assembly will be consulted on the backstop, but there will no veto.
Back we go.
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The prime minister may have won a vote of no confidence in her leadership, but Theresa May will struggle to get what she needs from Brussels.
It was your idea.
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The EU doesn’t want a temporary solution to become permanent.
Don’t forget parliament.
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An EU law expert on what the attorney general’s legal advice on Brexit means and its wider significance for the future.
The two countries have been collaborating in a single electricity market for more than a decade.
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The two countries have successfully collaborated on electricity supply for 11 years, but could Brexit pull this unique UK-Ireland innovation apart?