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Steve Barclay: 'A long way to go' on EU-Britain Brexit deal

The Brexit minister said that the Irish backstop 'had to go'.

Ireland

Coffee spill in aircraft cockpit forced plane to divert to Ireland

A commercial aircraft carrying 326 passengers was forced to divert to Shannon, Ireland, after a coffee spill caused two audio control panels to fail, it emerged today.

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No Deal Brexit and Ireland: 'Will it create security tensions on the border? Yes'

Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern tells Euronews about his fears of a No Deal Brexit. We look at why avoiding a hard border is key for the island of Ireland.

Ireland

Watch: Irish alcohol consumption 'drops by almost a quarter'

Alcohol-free beer is now the fastest growing product in the Irish drinks industry and Ireland's first alcohol-free bar – The Virgin Mary – opened in Dublin earlier this year.

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Ireland

No breakthrough at Johnson and Varadkar meeting

We won't replace a legal guarantee with a promise, said Varadkar

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Britons protest outside British Embassy in Dublin

A crowd of Irish-based British people protested outside the British Embassy in Dublin, Ireland, this evening against Boris Johnson's plans to prorogue Parliament and express their concerns over a no-deal Brexit.

Ireland

Watch: Millennials help double sales of Irish whiskey in a decade

After a century of decline, sales are projected to climb from 6 million cases in 2010 to 12 million in 2020 – or 145 million bottles.

World News

Facebook introduces new privacy feature in three countries

Facebook rolled out a new privacy feature in Ireland, Spain, and South Korea to allow users to sever the connection between their Facebook accounts and other websites.

Ireland

Ryanair cabin crew in Spain announce 10 days of strikes

Cabin crew are to strike at 13 bases across Spain for 10 days in September in a dispute over job cuts. A walkout in Portugal began on Wednesday.

United Kingdom

EU being 'a bit negative' but we'll get there on Brexit deal: Johnson

The European Union is being "a bit negative" concerning reaching a Brexit deal but it can be done, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday evening.

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland deadlock is empowering terrorists, warns police chief

Uncertainty over Stormont and Brexit is hampering the fight against terrorism in Northern Ireland, a police chief said after a bomb in Fermanagh.

Ireland

Norwegian Air suspends flights between Ireland and North America

Passengers flying from September 15, 2019 will be forced to find new flights, as the airline cancels six routes operated from Dublin, Cork and Shannon to the United States and Canada.

Malaysia

Nora Quoirin: Autopsy reveals teen likely died from hunger and stress

The post-mortem has so far found no evidence of kidnapping or sexual assault, Malaysian police said on Thursday.

Ireland

Ryanair pilots in Ireland to strike after talks fail

Ryanair pilots in Ireland to strike after talks fail

Malaysia

Nora Quoirin: Malaysia police concerned over welfare of missing teen

The parents of a missing teenager who went missing from a Malaysian resort are convinced their daughter was abducted.

United Kingdom

Why is the Irish backstop so important in Brexit negotiations?

The Irish backstop is a sort of insurance policy to keep the Irish border open post-Brexit.

Ireland

Irish PM: No-deal Brexit increasingly likely, border poll 'divisive'

Leo Varadkar said a no-deal Brexit is increasingly likely — but a referendum on Northern Ireland’s constitutional future would be “divisive.”

World

Johnson may opt for backstop ‘which only applies to Northern Ireland’

Kevin Meagher is writer and commentator on Irish politics and a former special advisor the Labour party in Northern Ireland. He thinks Boris Johnson might try to negotiate a separate deal keeping Northern Ireland in the single market to avoid a hard border.

United Kingdom

UK PM Boris Johnson discusses Brexit conundrum in Northern Ireland

New UK prime minister Boris Johnson has held talks in Northern Ireland over trying to find a solution to the Irish backstop.

World News

UK government is 'working on assumption of no deal Brexit'

The UK government is working on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate its Brexit deal and is ramping up preparations to leave the bloc on October 31 without a deal.