UK government warns unionists the Republic could help decide the North’s future if Stormont collapses again
Hilary Benn and Micheál Martin give speeches at British Irish Association conference in Oxford
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‘The trajectory is very good’: can Simon Harris and Keir Starmer cleanse the Anglo-Irish palate?
Starmer’s first visit to Ireland since becoming UK prime minister is another opportunity to strengthen ties frayed by the nadir of the Truss-Johnson era and Dublin’s sometimes sharp tone
Invest NI opens new Dublin hub to exploit North’s dual access to UK and EU markets
Republic is second largest source of foreign direct investment for Northern Ireland
Starmer and Macron discuss plans to reset UK relations with France and EU during Paris talks
PM’s meeting with French president follows recent visit to Germany where he said he was not ‘reversing Brexit’ amid plans for treaty
An Irishman in London celebrates the UK becoming a ‘nation once again’
Living in the UK almost 40 years, Peter Benson is thrilled about Labour’s election victory. ‘We have grown-ups in 10 Downing Street now,’ he writes
The Irish Times view on UK relations with the EU: a slow repairing of trust
The Labour government has a genuinely toxic inheritance from the Conservatives, politically, diplomatically and technically
Simon Coveney: ‘Theresa May’s efforts on the Irish question should be recognised. Her successors didn’t share that’
The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin
Keir Starmer agrees to visit Ireland after dining with Taoiseach at Chequers
British prime minister to visit on September 7th, the night of a football match in Dublin between the Republic of Ireland and Englan
The difference between Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar on UK-Irish relations goes beyond tone
And it works both ways. Harris’s warmth towards the UK is being rewarded with a softening of Keir Starmer’s stance on a Border poll
Simon Coveney profile: substantial figure who played a starring role in the Brexit wars
The way he contested the leadership of Fine Gael with Leo Varadkar in 2017 won him many admirers
Popular Conservatives clan meets in Westminster amid agreement Tories are neither ‘popular nor conservative’
While the right-wing Tory factions meet to plan a ‘rebuild’, election winners gathered in parliament to be sworn in
Welcome to adventure holiday politics ... white-water rafting with Brexit, bungee jumping with Trump
To put it crudely, a big part of the appeal of Brexit was scale. It felt like a very big thing to do, just as, later in 2016, electing a celebrity non-politician to the White House felt big
Next generation will ‘never forgive us’ if Anglo-Irish relations not repaired, Taoiseach says
New British PM Keir Starmer says he looks forward to ‘working closely’ with Simon Harris after years of post-Brexit strain
All is changed, changed utterly: Starmer’s Downing Street reign presents chance to rebuild old ties
Raw politics and national interests will always triumph, but there is a basis for new Labour PM to work well with Ireland and Europe
Reform UK loses out in first-past-the-post anomaly despite winning one in seven votes
Farage’s party got a bigger vote than the Liberal Democrats but ended up with 67 fewer seats
Record year for ferry freight and cruises boosts revenues at Belfast Harbour
Bulk freight volumes at the port declined in 2023 amid soaring inflation
If Brexit Britain was an inflamed appendix, Eurosceptic France would be a malignant cancer
Make no mistake: A far-right government in France would be an earthquake for the EU
UK buyer of famous Leeson Street grinds school begins to reap rewards of €135m acquisition
Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt
The Conservative Effect, 2010-2024: 14 Wasted Years? A damning indictment of Tory rule
The judgments of 15 writers on an eventful run of Conservative governments are nearly always brutal
Rishi Sunak gets a bad rap but he was good for Ireland
Part of the reason the British right and its media cheerleaders hate Sunak is that, in Brexit-related discussions, he abandoned the futile jingoistic posturing of his predecessors
Lamentations of ‘broken’ Britain are hollow when you see what’s happening elsewhere in Europe
Lamentations of onlookers about Broken Britain, total crisis and irreversible damage are hollow when you see what’s happening elsewhere in Europe
Reform UK rally: Boos and cheers at political Punch and Judy show
Enthusiasm peaks at a bar-fuelled gathering of supporters of insurgent party headed by Nigel Farage
Brexit has been a disaster but Britain will not admit it
Self-inflicted economic, diplomatic and strategic damage will be blamed on Rishi Sunak by Tory media and not on Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss or the Brexit-cheerleading media itself
‘Brexit has been a disaster and they don’t want to talk about it’: Labour Party face awkward questions on the campaign trail
Rachel Reeves, who is on course to become the first female chancellor of the exchequer, is eyeing economic growth and an improved trade deal with the EU
Government considers incentives to help Dublin stock exchange after loss of big hitters
Financial services minister Neale Richmond has warned Britain it will not get ‘free pass’ on Brexit rules if Labour wins the UK election
David Puttnam – The Long Way Home review: Heart-warming exploration of an Englishman’s love affair with Ireland
Television: Englishman’s films burn with fierce moral conviction. That same decency has informed Puttnam’s feelings towards Ireland
Englishness and Britishness are not the same. That matters as nationalism resurges in the UK
Can a Labour government go far enough with constitutional reform to deflect renewed Scottish demands for independence?
Farage gives backing to DUP election candidates despite his party’s alliance with TUV
Farage’s backing of Ian Paisley and Sammy Wilson described as ‘embarrassing’ for TUV leader Jim Allister
Hubristic Neil Woodford was the orchestrator of his own downfall
The fallen fund manager seemingly thought he was right about Brexit and almost every mainstream economist was wrong
Hubristic Woodford was the orchestrator of his own downfall
Fund manager still refuses to accept any responsibility for collapse of his flagship fund
Things can only get better? Rishi Sunak’s election chant reckoning was perfection
Countless politicians have tried to co-opt pop hits as campaign anthems
Next UK government must forge better trade relations with EU, say lobby group
British Chambers of Commerce warns companies face ever higher costs stemming from Brexit
Some claims about the cost of a united Ireland don’t stack up
These are not harmless notions to drop into public discourse from the top of an ivory tower. Everyone involved should take more care
Keir Starmer is ‘in love’ with Ireland. It will take more than that to repair the relationship
Things are looking up for Anglo-Irish relations. But Ireland’s diplomatic model has to work just as well with Tories as it does with a well-disposed Labour. Otherwise the country is exposed, reliant on the whims of personality
Keir Starmer promises ‘respectful engagement’ with Irish Government if elected prime minister
Labour leader says he is ‘acutely aware of the issues at play’ in Anglo-Irish relations
City of London’s top official says financial hub ready for ‘pro-business’ Labour Party
Chris Hayward recently began lobbying to set up a body like the IDA in the UK
Tories’ greatest disservice to the UK has been to misunderstand the US
Americans are turning against trade, and the government should have anticipated it before Brexit
Post-Brexit border system hit by delays and IT glitches, UK watchdog says
Project faces ‘major challenges’ as costs spiral, National Audit Office warns
Theresa May muses on Liz Truss’s shelf life and Boris Johnson’s affairs as she nears the end of her time as an MP
The UK’s former prime minister effervescent at a lunch in Westminster this week
Brexit border: Checks a ‘disaster’ as IT outages delay import of perishable items by up to 20 hours
Lorries carrying meat, cheese and cut flowers being held for long periods, reducing the shelf life of their goods and prompting retailers to reject some orders
EU requirement that states produce and stick to a five-year spending plan is a welcome restraint
New fiscal rules will make it much harder for finance ministers to spend recklessly
A Great Disorder by Richard Slotkin: Ambitious mapping of America’s past to its present via myth
Mere deconstruction of national myths is insufficient. Slotkin points to the US’s New Deal and African-American civil rights movement as mythic mechanisms to potentially control America’s future
Amazon to open Irish website next year with promise of faster deliveries
Online retailer yet to put a timeline on date of its launch
‘Britain needs a shake up’: UK economist from a Kilburn Irish family on banks, business and Boris
Gerard Lyons was once a contender for governor of the Bank of England. Now he wants it overhauled
Human Rights: The Case for the Defence by Shami Chakrabarti – An ideal introduction to the subject
Chakrabarti has an enviable writing style, her fluency matching her bewitching speaking skills
Post-Brexit EU hub Numis set-up in Dublin to be wound down after Deutsche takeover
It is understood that most staff are being offered an opportunity to be redeployed
Emergency legislation will allow ‘operational agreement’ between Ireland and UK on return of asylum seekers to come into force, Government says
Department of Justice planning to take over immigration registration which could free up 100 additional officers for frontline work
Helen McEntee’s bad week compounded by a British snub
Minister for Justice has not had the best seven days of her career, but there’s better news for Ossian Smyth
Tánaiste says claim that over 80% of asylum seekers come from UK via Northern Ireland is not based on data
UK denies its stance on asylum seekers threatens agreement with Republic
Stop referring to EU as a ‘bloc’ – this is divisive linguistic rot imported from Britain
European Union’s approach to an issue such as Gaza has been characterised more by member state division than unity
Two valuable studies of Ireland’s relationship with the EU
Irish academics offer insights into Ireland’s increasingly outward-looking place in the world as mediated through the EU and its institutions
Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people
The European Commission has proposed opening negotiations with the UK to allow mobility enjoyed before Brexit to millions of 18- to 30-year-olds in a major concession
UK will not ‘turn on’ post-Brexit checks of EU goods for fear of border delays
Industry groups say lack of clarity leaves businesses unsure how to manage new rules due to start on April 30th
Harris says people of his generation more familiar with Berlin and Paris than Derry and Belfast
Taoiseach tells British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly Ireland is facing period of ‘extraordinary geopolitical uncertainty’
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