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Brexit
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Burying the Enemy - The Story of Those who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars: A civilising veneer for savagery
A thoughtful book about unfortunate men and what their treatment says about British-German relations
Philip Stephens: ‘I am privileged to be Irish as well as British’
Stephens talks about visiting his grandparents in Co Mayo, how Scotland will become independent before Northern Ireland joins the Republic and more
Nicola Sturgeon on Leo Varadkar’s shyness, Enda Kenny’s charm and Martin McGuinness’s bear hugs
The former Scottish National Party leader talks politics, life, love, pain and her new autobiography
Chance to end the scourge of paramilitaries in Northern Ireland cannot be lost again
London’s abdication of social and political responsibility has fuelled sense of loss in loyalist areas
There’s more to Irish history than eight centuries of British oppression and failed uprisings
Whether we’re moving towards a united Ireland or shared island, we need to face awkward questions about identity
10% for Bushmills, 15% for Jameson: The bewildering cross-border trade
Business on both sides of the Border are trying to figure out the financial implications of Trump’s different tariffs with the UK and EU
Don’t believe the myth: Britain’s services industry has been hit hard by Brexit
Export growth has been strong but not lived up to its potential
UK and France agree one in, one out migrant returns scheme
French president blames Brexit for making it harder to tackle illegal migration
Wage bill at Spar operator Henderson Group eats into profits
Sales at Northern Ireland retail group reached £1.4bn last year, new accounts reveal
Post-Brexit export drive hampered by UK trade finance regulations, ICC warns
International Chamber of Commerce says overhaul of rules could help plug £22bn funding gap
The Irish Times view on young people and democracy: increasing disenchantment
The growing alienation from politics reflects the sense among young people that the system has failed them
David McRedmond: ‘An Post has been brilliant. I’ve never been remunerated less and enjoyed a job more’
McRedmond’s credo is: ‘All businesses are dying; you have to find the new thing’. He has lived that philosophy at State-owned postal service, whose core business has shifted from letters to parcels and, increasingly, financial services
EU blocks Britain’s attempts to join pan-European trading bloc
The PEM convention would reduce exporters’ post-Brexit difficulties with supply chains
Brexit was ‘single stupidest thing a country’s ever done’
US businessman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg links Ireland’s recent success to Brexit
In 28 Years Later, Brexit Britain runs screaming towards its Apocalypse Now. What took it so long?
Danny Boyle, a stubborn Mancunian of Irish descent, can feel proud of showing how the subject can be addressed without dragging your art into po-faced agitprop
Banks that fuelled Ireland’s finance rebound face tariff angst
Ireland has become a big draw for foreign lenders post-Brexit with international banks now employing close to 15,000 people in the State
Resilient economy gives reason for optimism despite Central Bank’s ‘extreme’ scenario
Regulator lays out how US tariffs might hit Ireland’s export-led, multinational-heavy economy
Supply risk identified for some UK animal medicines shipped to North
UK government says most veterinary products will remain available as part of post-Brexit arrangements from January
28 Years Later review: Danny Boyle’s rattling zombie epic never lets up in pace or invention
Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes star in a quest narrative that, amid its grade-A gore, has bleak fun with the state of Britain
Ireland’s grocery prices are still soaring. How can that be?
The cost-of-living crisis is still being felt painfully in the weekly shop, yet the consumer protection watchdog has found no evidence of price gouging
Ballymena: Week of violent attacks on Northern Ireland’s small immigrant community ‘akin to 1930s Germany’
14 families burnt out of their homes and children forced to hide from mobs
EU and UK reach deal on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit border controls
Physical barriers, checks and controls on people and goods moving between Gibraltar and Spain to be eliminated
Ingredients for happier marriage between the United Kingdom and Ireland are there
Britain is ‘resetting’ its relationship with the EU, seeking that vague notion of ‘closer ties’ – Ireland should be the UK’s ally
If there’s so much buyer’s remorse about Brexit, why is Nigel Farage the rising figure in UK politics?
Ten years on, an angry tribe sees itself as more English than British - and Ireland must stay alert to the dangers
The UK’s trade performance remains dire
Deals struck recently with the US, EU and India will not make a significant difference to Britain’s parlous position
‘This is huge’: Northern Ireland traders hopeful about new EU-UK deal as they battle Brexit ‘mess’
Traders in the North have been struggling with ‘Alice in Wonderful’ bureaucracy on customs and regulatory form filing and hope Monday’s deal will herald positive change
EU-UK deal is a gift to unionists. Shame they can’t all see it
Reaction among conservative politicians portrays NI as a victim. It is a short step from there to portraying Britain as a victim of Northern Ireland
EU and UK both gave and got on reset deal
Negotiators had clear sense one side could not be seen to ‘win’ in EU-UK deal
Explainer: what is Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal?
The UK’s new post-Brexit trade deal with Brussels is being heralded as a new era for relations
All smiles and bonhomie as Keir and Ursula clinch deal
Post-Brexit agreement covers areas such as trade, security and defence contracts, food standards, the energy market and emissions trading
UK declares ‘new chapter’ in relationship with EU
The deal has been agreed between the European Union and the UK and also includes elements on security and defence
Planned EU-UK deal a ‘good day for Northern Ireland’ with barriers likely to fall
Tánaiste Simon Harris praises ‘significant benefits’ for NI business and consumers
UK and EU agree post-Brexit reset after ‘breakthrough’ in talks
Deals reached on fisheries and agriculture after late-night haggling ahead of summit in London
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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