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Call to strip constitutional question from Protocol discussions – Alliance

The post-Brexit arrangements have been opposed by the DUP as distancing Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.

The Independent UK

Chris Heaton Harris defends excluding Sinn Fein leader from talks

"There are many factors which go into the thought process"

Belfast Live

Exclusion of party leaders from NI protocol meetings must end – McDonald

The row over Mary Lou McDonald’s exclusion from a meeting this week has overshadowed talks on the protocol and Stormont crisis.

The Independent UK

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‘Not wise’ to invite Sinn Fein leader to NI Protocol meeting – Heaton-Harris

Sir Keir Starmer, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin are all in Northern Ireland for talks on the protocol.

The Independent UK

DUP leader says Britain and EU not anywhere close to protocol deal

Jeffrey Donaldson plays down hopes as Tory MP says arrangement having ‘colonising’ effect in Northern Ireland

The Guardian - UK

Warning that EU and UK not close to protocol deal as political talks take place

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s comments came as Leo Varadkar, Micheal Martin and Sir Keir Starmer are all in Northern Ireland for talks over the protocol.

The Independent UK

Varadkar and Starmer head to Belfast as attempts to resolve protocol row ramp up

A meeting held by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly went awry after Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald was not allowed to take part.

The Independent UK

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Analysis: Not so clever from UK government as Sinn Fein snub overshadows Foreign Secretary visit

At a time when Stormont has collapsed amid cost-of-living pressures, the government may well be seen as needlessly petty

Belfast Live

Invest NI: 'Urgent action needed to repair damaged relations', review finds

Panel chairman Sir Michael Lyons said: "We were encouraged to be challenging, and we haven't flinched from reflecting back what we found."

Belfast Live

Sinn Fein withdrawal overshadows Cleverly talks with parties on protocol

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the British Government of ‘Tory petulance’ after she said she was excluded from political talks.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein withdraws from talks with James Cleverly after Mary Lou McDonald 'excluded'

The Foreign Secretary was due to meet Stormont party leaders in Belfast to discuss the protocol and the collapse of devolution

Belfast Live

Sinn Fein pulls out of protocol meeting after party leader ‘excluded’

The roundtable talks with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will concentrate on the NI Protocol and the powersharing crisis at Stormont.

The Independent UK

NI Hotel and pub valuations reduced in new list to calculate business rates

The draft valuations for almost 75,000 businesses have been released today by Land and Property Services

Belfast Live

SDLP to propose speaker election amendment in bid to restore Assembly sittings

The party said the procedural change would ‘end the one-party veto that has frustrated the democratic wishes of the people of Northern Ireland’.

The Independent UK

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Cleverly to address protocol issues which ‘risk and undermine’ NI’s place in UK

The Foreign Secretary is to meet political and business leaders in Belfast.

Belfast Live

Belfast fuel hardship fund row continues at City Hall

Councillor says "The ones who will be overlooked will be the elderly, the isolated, the vulnerable, those with learning difficulties"

The Independent UK

Data sharing progress between EU and UK hailed as ‘significant building block’

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris met European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic in London

Reuters

Still much to do in Northern Ireland Brexit talks, Dublin cautions

Britain and the European Union still have much work to do to settle on revised post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland after making important progress this week, Irish Foreign Minister Michéal Martin said on Tuesday.

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Belfast Live

Brexit Protocol 'risk' to Northern Ireland's place in UK must be addressed, says Foreign Secretary

He was speaking ahead of meeting Stormont party leaders in Belfast on Wednesday to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol

Belfast Live

DUP MLA asks what Stormont can do to ease migraines

A formal written question was submitted asking what is being done to ease migraines suffered by Stormont politicians and staff

The Independent UK

Irish foreign minister and Northern Ireland parties welcome progress on protocol

The two sides reached agreement on data sharing and EU access to UK IT systems.

Belfast Live

UK-EU data-sharing deal hailed as 'positive step' amid Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol row

But Stormont parties gave a mixed reaction to the data-sharing announcement

The Independent UK

Speaker urges parties to grasp spirit of 1998 peace deal and restore Assembly

Alex Maskey said the reputation of the Stormont Assembly did not match the high hopes that existed for it in 1998.

Irish Mirror

As Tommy Tiernan hits the headlines again we recall five previous controversies he was embroiled in

The top comedian has been hot water a lot over the years

Belfast Live

Cost-of-living: NI mum opens up on sharing baths at home to save hot water

"We also switch the lights and sockets off and we don’t put the heating on when the children are at school"

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