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Legislative recitals: "a danger of conflict between the actual provisions contained. and its politically-motivated purpose". Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Making laws in Ireland after Brexit

Legal • 05 Apr 19

"Perhaps it is time for the EU and Westminster to stop and recommence negotiations in 12 to 18 months when their respective political landscapes have settled?"

Knowing when it's time to stop and move on

Brexit • 01 Apr 19

"Brexit has inevitably invited reflection about the constitutional future of this island"

'A new conversation about united Ireland could be a win for all'

Ireland • 27 Mar 19

"The UK had few employment laws upon joining the EU in 1973 and nearly all current workplace legal rights come from the EU"

Will Brexit see a rollback of workers' rights in the UK?

Brexit • 26 Mar 19

"While some businesses do not have direct links with the UK, they will be affected by any contraction of the Irish economy in the aftermath of Brexit."

The big impact of Brexit on Ireland's small businesses

Brexit • 26 Mar 19

"Every EU citizen has a right to vote in elections to the European Parliament. While the UK is still a member state, its citizens remain EU citizens."

Why the UK may have to vote in European elections despite Brexit

European Elections • 20 Mar 19

A border once again

Forget jobs, travel and trade, Brexit is still about the border

Brexit • 19 Mar 19

"Like everything else right now, Brexit inevitably lurks in the background of language question" Photo: iStock

Will Brexit change Ireland's dependancy on the English language?

Brexit • 11 Mar 19

Nigel Farage canvassing ahead of the 2016 Brexit referendum. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Remain or Leave: is Brexit is a case of emotions over reason?

Brexit • 27 Feb 19

"What might a new deal after no-deal look like? There is a fair chance that it would look very much like the withdrawal agreement."

What deal comes after a no-deal Brexit?

Brexit • 25 Feb 19

"Ireland's experience on the Nice Treaty is a perfect example of autonomy and good democratic procedures in practice, something that the UK may want to learn from and imitate"

Here's the moral case for a second Brexit referendum

Brexit • 25 Feb 19

The customs post at Clontivrim, Co Monaghan in December 1955. Photo: Popperfoto/Getty Images

Why smuggling across the border could worsen after Brexit

Brexit • 30 Sep 19

The "Derry Girls Against Borders" mural at Free Derry Corner in October 2018. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Brexit's worrying effect on women in Northern Ireland

Brexit • 19 Feb 19

A Brexit rainbow for the Brandywell?

Derry City and Brexit: hard border politics, soft border football

Brexit • 07 Feb 19

A bomb disposal officer checks for further devices as forensic officers inspect the remains of a van used in a car bomb attack outside Derry Court House. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Will Brexit increase the threat from dissident republicans?

Brexit • 05 Feb 19

You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline: cows stand beneath a sign for a disused Customs Office outisde Newry. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

A united Ireland: a hard border fix that dare not speak its name

Brexit • 25 Jan 19

For rent: large building outside Belfast, not used in over two years

Brexit and the Northern Ireland Assembly - a case of what if?

Brexit • 23 Jan 19

"If you only listened to this podcast, you might think that Brexit was proceeding smoothly and a glorious future awaits the UK outside the EU"

A listener's guide to the best Brexit podcasts

Brexit • 19 Jan 19

'Middle-class nationalism has obviously been destabilised by Brexit, but Leo Varadkar's hardline stance against compromise with London will do nothing to assuage Catholic concerns'

Is 'The Border' more of an Irish problem than an English one?

Brexit • 15 Jan 19

The way it used to be. "For those of us who can remember the bad old days, the border is certainly not a phantom issue."

Is it time for an electronic backstop for our only land border?

Brexit • 15 Oct 19

Enid Blyton signing autographs in a London bookshop. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/ CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

Five Get Into A Fix: Enid Blyton, Brexit and modern Britain

Enid Blyton • 11 Jan 19

Stormont: a no-go zone?

Northern Ireland's eerie silence in the eye of Brexit hurricane

Northern Ireland • 11 Jan 19

Theresa May vs the world

The trials and humiliations of Theresa May

Theresa May • 17 Dec 18

Working in the UK but living in the EU: what will Brexit mean for cross-border workers and their social security rights?

What will Brexit mean for 30,000 cross-border workers?

Brexit • 06 Dec 18

"In the post-colonial era, the old imperial arrogance is no longer supported by ruthless pragmatism, but by blundering incompetence."

Chaos, incompetence, decline: Brexit and the British government

Brexit • 19 Nov 18