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Northern Ireland’s troubled past and Brexit tensions are likely to dominate discussions between the Irish Premier and UK Prime Minister on Friday. Boris Johnson has been dogged by criticism in recent days over his response to an inquest finding that 10 people killed in shootings involving the Army in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast in 1971 were “entirely innocent”. A Downing Street claim that the Prime Minister apologised on behalf of the state in a phone call with First Minister Arl...

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Covid-19 and NI protocol on agenda as Taoiseach and Boris Johnson meet Officials hope face-to-face talks can repair strained relations between the governments about 2 hours ago   Taoiseach Micheál Martin is travelling to England today to meet British prime minister Boris Johnson, with Troubles legacy issues, the Northern Ireland protocol and Covid-19 expected to dominate their discussions. The pair are due to meet at Chequers in Buckinghamshire, the prime minister’s country residence, at a...

The Prime Minister met the Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Chequers this afternoon. The leaders reflected on the Coroner’s report into the Ballymurphy massacre published this week. They agreed it was profoundly sad that the families of victims had to wait so long for the truth. The Prime Minister restated the UK Government’s commitment to finding a way forward in Northern Ireland that delivers for victims, aids truth recovery and helps communities in the future. The Prime Minister and Ta...

Leaders ‘reflected’ on coroner’s report into the Ballymurphy massacre published this week

The line-up for this tonight’s Late Late Show has been released The line-up for this week’s Late Late Show has been released. Tonight, Ryan Tubridy will chat to Hollywood actor and producer Seth Rogen, star of Superbad, Bad Neighbours, and The Lion King. Seth will reveal why he’s not afraid of burning celebrity bridges with his new book, why you should always be careful about meeting your heroes, and how one of his movies nearly started a world war.   Sinead and Mark Gallaghe...

Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Micheal Martin discussed post-Brexit trade and the Ballymurphy massacre during a meeting at Chequers, No 10 said. The two leaders had a working lunch at the PMs country retreat amid ongoing problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol set up in Decembers agreement with the EU. Anger in unionist communities over the protocol has been building since the start of the year as it impacted on imports of food and other goods. Last month violence spilled out acro...

Tonight's TV picks include new epic drama Domina, Seth Rogen and much more on The Late Late Show, the return of Jools Holland, Tom Allen's new show Quizness, and Amy Adams starring in The Woman in the Window . . .

The pair discussed Covid-19, Brexit and British-Irish relations at Chequers today.