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Phil Hogan says the UK needs to "get real" about the backstop

UK needs to 'get real' about backstop - Hogan

Brexit / 21 Aug

Simon Coveney said the EU wanted to avoid a no-deal Brexit

Withdrawal Agreement not up for renegotiation - Coveney

Brexit / 19 Jul

The report suggests that such an arrangement would mean remove the need for customs, food safety and animal health checks between north and south, or between the island of Ireland and Great Britain

Report suggests new agri-food area for Ireland, UK

Brexit / 24 Jun

The report documents a range of cross-border activity that goes beyond the technical and fiscal aspects of customs and single market regulations

EU report highlights scale of north-south cooperation

Ireland / 20 Jun

The DUP believes binding NI to single market rules would undermine the constitutional integrity of the Union

DUP urges May to demand backstop changes from EU

Brexit / 29 Mar

Theresa May said the choices facing the UK were "unenviable"

Theresa May's revised Brexit deal rejected by MPs

Brexit / 13 Mar

Michel Barnier is understood to have said proposals put forward by Geoffrey Cox on the backstop were not acceptable

EU downbeat over UK AG's Brexit backstop proposals

Brexit / 07 Mar

Beleaguered British prime minister Theresa May was not in the House of Commons for the result of yesterday's vote

Divisions continue as May to pursue Brexit strategy

Brexit / 15 Feb

Brexit Republic: Episode Twenty Seven

Brexit Republic / 14 Feb

Leo Varadkar spoke to Theresa May by phone today

UK developments reinforce need for backstop - Varadkar

Brexit / 30 Jan

Westminster and Brussels differ on plans to reopen the Withdrawal Agreement

Brexit - What happens next?

Brexit / 30 Jan

Countdown continues to 29 March

Brexit: What is the backstop?

Brexit / 29 Jan

Voting took place on a series of amendments in the House of Commons

MPs vote to replace Irish backstop with 'alternatives'

Brexit / 29 Jan

Simon Coveney said the Polish minister's remarks did not reflect EU thinking

Coveney dismisses Polish suggestion to limit backstop

Brexit / 21 Jan

Boris Johnson being interviewed by Caitríona Perry for RTÉ's Six One News

'Be bold and brave' - Johnson urges border co-operation

Brexit / 11 Jan

Dramatic Brexit week leaves us none the wiser

Brexit / 15 Dec 18

Arlene Foster says there is no evidence that the current Brexit deal will be passed by parliament

DUP to 'revisit' support for govt if Brexit deal passed

Brexit / 24 Nov 18

Theresa May updated European Council president Donald Tusk on the situation this morning

May under pressure to publish legal advice on backstop

Brexit / 07 Nov 18

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan said the UK cannot be allowed to 'cherry-pick' the single market

Hogan hopeful of Brexit deal in coming weeks

Brexit / 26 Oct 18

Brexit: A brief history of the backstop

Brexit / 20 Oct 18

EU Task Force officials have been redrafting the Irish Protocol

EU considering dual certification for NI goods

Brexit / 11 Oct 18

The Taoiseach said the Brexit negotiations were entering a critical phase and time was running out

Tusk says Soviet Union remarks 'unwise' and 'insulting'

Brexit / 04 Oct 18

Helen McEntee said the backstop 'was not about either side winning or losing'

Backstop is not a 'green or orange' issue - McEntee

Politics / 23 Sep 18

Leo Varadkar said that the Govt is flexible about the content of the backstop as long as there is no hard border on the island of Ireland

Govt is 'flexible' about backstop content - Taoiseach

Politics / 01 Aug 18

Mr Varadkar said the vote 'shouldn't give us any reason to change our position' in Brexit negotiations

Govt needs to prepare for 'no deal' Brexit - Varadkar

Brexit / 17 Jul 18

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