NI Brexit Issues – Brexit Information

Background Common membership of the European Union facilitates easy and frictionless trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland and Ireland and Great Britain. For most practical purposes, goods and services can be ...

UK Backstop Reassurances for NI [Jan 2018]

in NI Brexit Issues, Withdrawal Agreement

UK GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS TO NI AND ITS INTEGRAL PLACE IN THE UK 9 January 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. This Government has made clear on many occasions that we will never be neutral in expressing our support for the ...

North-South Mapping Exercise (UK Report)

in NI Brexit Issues

TECHNICAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: NORTH-SOUTH COOPERATION MAPPING EXERCISE This technical note provides a UK commentary on the North-South cooperation mapping exercise carried out during Phase 1 of the negotiations on the ...

Irish (RoI) Citizenship

in NI Brexit Issues

Irish Citizenship I Citizenship grants the most extensive rights to be in the State and enjoy the benefits of its laws and protection. Nationals and naturalised residents are citizens. A wide range of persons ...

Border Issues

in NI Brexit Issues

Special Northern Ireland Issues in Negotiation The matter of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is complex and ambiguous. After Brexit, the internal Irish land border will be the EU-UK land border. The ...

Northern Ireland’s Status

in NI Brexit Issues

Northern Ireland and Devolution Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have been separate legal jurisdictions since May 1921. Northern Ireland has also remained a separate jurisdiction from the rest of the ...

The Common Travel Area

in Brexit Issues, NI Brexit Issues

The Common Travel Area The Common Travel Area did not formally involve aligned immigration rules. However, it involved sufficient alignment and continuing cooperation between the immigration authorities of Ireland ...

UK Proposals on NI (August 2017)

in NI Brexit Issues, The Withdrawal Process

Context In August 2017, the UK published a position paper on various issues in relation to the Brexit negotiations and in particular the issue of border arrangements within the island of Ireland. It emphasised the ...

EU -UK Joint Report [Dec 2017]

in NI Brexit Issues

Context 8 December 2017 TF50 (2017) 19 – Commission to EU 27 Joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TEU ...

EU Draft Protocol on NI (Mar 2018 Draft)

in NI Brexit Issues, Withdrawal Agreement

Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Negotiations on the border have continued to be separated from other withdrawal issues. In June 2017 when formal negotiations began, talks on the border were separated into a ...

Withdrawal Agreement Negotiations

in NI Brexit Issues

December 2017 Agreement in Principle A Joint report was concluded in December 2017 following the first stage of negotiations between the EU and UK. Both parties reaffirmed in the joint report, their commitment to ...

ERG (Conservative Backbench Group) NI Report

in NI Brexit Issues

The Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland post-Brexit 12th September 2018 Disclaimer: This document is not endorsed by any ERG member who is subject to Government collective responsibility. ...

North-South Mapping Exercise (UK Report)

in NI Brexit Issues, NI Governance

TECHNICAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: NORTH-SOUTH COOPERATION MAPPING EXERCISE This technical note provides a UK commentary on the North-South cooperation mapping exercise carried out during Phase 1 of the negotiations on the ...