Britain has delayed by around six months its plans to introduce a range of post-Brexit border checks on goods imported from the European Union, saying it had listened to businesses which needed more time to prepare.
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Ireland s Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has told an influential group of US Congress members about the mounting tension between the UK and the EU over Brexit.
Coveney and Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič addressed the Friends of Ireland Caucus - a bipartisan group including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Congressman Richard Neal - one week after the British Government took unilateral action to announce the extension of a grace period for agri-food movements between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
Today, Minister @simoncoveney and @EU Commission VP @MarosSefcovic met with the Friends of Ireland Caucus in the US Congress. The meeting was an opportunity to brief the Caucus on the latest EU-UK developments. See: https://t.co/Vvx1G0Yc07pic.twitter.com/xeFV9qASwA
Taoiseach seeks meeting with CEO of AstraZeneca
Updated / Thursday, 11 Mar 2021
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Micheál Martin has sought a meeting with the CEO of AstraZeneca for next week
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has sought a meeting with the CEO of AstraZeneca for next week, to discuss the production and supply of Covid-19 vaccines.
Earlier in the Dáil, Minister for Heath Stephen Donnelly said AstraZeneca is repeatedly changing its delivery schedules, often at the last minute, and revising down the volumes that it had agreed to deliver .
Mr Donnelly said it was unfair for people to accuse the Health Service Executive of missing vaccine targets.
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