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Ireland can't hope to avoid the pitfalls of Brexit Independent.ie 19/12/2020 Sarah Collins EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier speaks during a debate on future relation between the EU and UK at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels on December 18, 2020. (Photo by Olivier HOSLET / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER HOSLET/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) With EU-UK trade talks into yet another make-or-break weekend, the future economic pitfalls of Brexit outweigh the more immediate ones. For EU lead negotiator Michel Barnier, this is the “moment of truth”. The UK ...

A Brexit deal would be the first of many Those wanting Brexit to be over and done with on January 1 are set for disappointment, as it will require endless decisions and trade-offs. Therese Raphael Share Only a handful of people are privy to what's going on inside the “tunnel” of the European Union-Britain trade talks. But the softening of political rhetoric since Sunday suggests negotiators have achieved a breakthrough of sorts on the question of maintaining a level playing field on post-Brexit trade rules, one of the three big things dividing the two sides. This has implications not only...

1 British government Brexit information campaign sign along the M25 highway near Westerham, in Kent, southern England.(Photo: Reuters) LONDON: Only a handful of people are privy to what is going on inside the “tunnel” of European Union-UK trade talks. But the softening of political rhetoric since Sunday suggests negotiators have achieved a breakthrough of sorts on the question of maintaining a level playing field on post-Brexit trade rules, one of the three big things dividing the two sides. This has implications not only for the prospects of a deal but for how Br...

British Sovereignty Means Free Will, Not a Free Lunch This content was published on December 16, 2020 - 05:00 December 16, 2020 - 05:00 (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Only a handful of people are privy to what’s going on inside the “tunnel” of European Union-U.K. trade talks. But the softening of political rhetoric since Sunday suggests negotiators have achieved a breakthrough of sorts on the question of maintaining a level playing field on post-Brexit trade rules, one of the three big things dividing the two sides. This has implications not only for the prospects of a deal but for how Britain...

Ireland faces a Brexit day of reckoning – deal or no deal Despite Dublin’s lucrative ‘leprechaun economics’, the country will face a severe test in the new year 13 December 2020 • 6:00pm Irish farmers are not rich by any stretch of the imagination. The country’s 160,000 toilers on the land earn just €20,000 (£18,000) a year on average, according to Tim Cullinan, president of the Irish Farmers’ Association. If Brussels and the UK finally fail to come to terms on a Brexit deal, they are about to become a lot poorer according to Cullinan, a Tipperary pig farmer who says the ind...