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The negotiations over the northern ireland protocol, following a video call today between the uk and the eu. there had been speculation the two sides were close to some kind of framework agreement that will ease the movement of goods from great britain to northern ireland. last week there was some progress made the sharing of trade data across the border. the protocol keeps northern ireland in the eus single market for goods, avoiding the need for a hard border with the irish republic after brex...

Of its kind in the history of ireland. chris page has this report. this christmas in dublin, its notjust gifts that are being exchanged. theres been a swap at the top in politics. applause. micheal martin has resigned as taoiseach, as he agreed to when he began thejob in 2020. leo varadkar has replaced him. its the outcome of the deal between his party, fine gael, and mr martins fianna fail, which ended almost a century of intense rivalry. mr varadkar will be influential in the talks between the...

Is elected formally as taoiseach in the irish parliament here as he will be in the next hour or so, one of the major challenges he will face will be around the issue of power—sharing in northern ireland. a place that was the scene of a very vicious conflicts fought so to years, and the last century, weathered the sense of it should be part of the uk or part of this state, the republic of ireland. currently, the power—sharing regional government that has collapsed because unionist, the partie...

Theres been a swap at the top in politics. micheal martin has resigned as taoiseach, as he agreed to when he began thejob in 2020. leo varadkar has replaced him. its the outcome of the deal between his party, fine gael, and mr martins fianna fail, which ended almost a century of intense rivalry. mr varadkar will be influential in the talks between the eu and the uk over brexit arrangements for northern ireland. the democratic unionist party is blocking the formation of a power—sharing devolved...

Businesses, consumers, it threatens our medicine supply chain and for animals. , j~ the dup p 28. the dup — and other unionist parties — say brexit arrangements go against the spirit of the good friday agreement, which brought an end to the troubles — a conflict in northern ireland that lasted more than 30 years. northern ireland is part of the uk. the republic of ireland is part of the eu. to avoid a hard border — a new trade border was introduced on the irish sea — meaning some goods...

Can have that border. one would be between the island of ireland and the rest of the eu, unacceptable to the rest of the eu, unacceptable to the irish government who will be cut off from their own single market. all youre left with clearly is therefore some kind of trade border, some kind of checks between northern ireland and the rest of the uk, great britain. that was the choice that was made by borisjohnson when he was prime minister and he was determined to get brexit down. what it did was s...

Ill you are sick with you, chris and i spent many hours in brussels pouring over the details of tracks in treaties in really good to have you on because just in treaties in really good to have you on becausejust unpick in treaties in really good to have you on because just unpick this for us. where are we with this? were on the brink of seeing elections potentially that could potentially change nothing. what is the deadlock here? i change nothing. what is the deadlock here? ., change nothing. wh...

Its increased costs- to businesses, consumers, it threatens our medicine supply change, both for humans - and indeed animals. to better understand whats happening today, we must return to 1998 and the good friday agreement. it brought an end to the troubles — a conflict in northern ireland that lasted more than 30 years. the deal enshrined that nationalists and unionists have equal power shared between a first and deputy first minister. sir tony blair was british prime minister at the time. th...

And obviously then we are also under the jurisdiction of the eu in terms of some of the trade, which again is a foreign power who we have no influence over. those sorts of concerns help to explain the actions of the biggest unionist party. the dup says itll block the formation of a power sharing devolved government until the trade border�*s scrapped. but this protestant clergyman believes communities are more united than politicians. we see the posturing of our politicians and in a sense thats...

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