Tommie Gorman

Northern Editor

Different strategies mean there are gaps in Covid-19 travel measures on both sides of the border (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Ministers discuss differing travel strategies on island

Policy differences between north and south on travellers arriving at ports and airports have been discussed by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and his Northern Ireland counterpart Robin Swann.

Coronavirus • 20 Jan 21

Killybegs in Co Donegal is one of the ports already allowed to land catches

More Irish ports to allow fishing vessels land catches

International fishing vessels are to be allowed land their catches in five additional Irish ports from early next month.

Brexit • 18 Jan 21

The Rachel Jay from Skibbereen, Co Cork, arrives into Lisahally, Co Derry

Post-Brexit fishing tensions surface

Brexit • 10 Jan 21

Arrivals from the Common Travel Area with Ireland will be exempt from the UK government plan

Travellers can use NI 'back door' to avoid PCR test

Northern Ireland will remain the 'open back door' for travellers arriving to the island of Ireland from Britain - despite a new range of restrictions.

Coronavirus • 08 Jan 21

Stormont Education Minister Peter Weir is due to make an announcement in the Assembly later today

GCSEs and A-levels cancelled in Northern Ireland

GCSE, AS and A-level schools examinations have been cancelled in Northern Ireland due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ulster • 06 Jan 21

NI 'stay at home' plea to become regulation

Travel – people moving freely across the porous border and travellers arriving at ports and airports – has been a contentious issue since the pandemic began.

Coronavirus • 05 Jan 21

The light up ahead: 2021 offers a chance to start again

Optimism is a useful form of self defence. As brutal 2020 recedes from view, there is a genuine sense of light at the end of the tunnel. And it is not an oncoming train.

2020 in Review • 02 Jan 21

Customs declarations will be required for goods arriving in Northern Ireland from Great Britain

New post-Brexit system in place for Northern Ireland

As part of the Brexit settlement, Northern Ireland remains part of the EU's Single Market for goods. In order to avoid a border on the island of Ireland, a trade border will be created in the Irish Sea.

Brexit • 01 Jan 21

Micheál Martin, Arlene Foster, Leo Varadkar and Michelle O'Neill met at Dublin Castle in July (RollingNews.ie)

Stormont hosts virtual North South conference

The Taoiseach and members of the Cabinet have taken part in a virtual meeting of the North South Ministerial Conference with their counterparts in the Stormont power-sharing administration.

Ireland • 18 Dec 20

Brexit: A gift or a hospital pass for the DUP?

Northern Editor Tommie Gorman analyses the Brexit negotiations and the likely political ramifications in Northern Ireland.

Analysis and Comment • 12 Dec 20