THE BRITISH government is thwarting the north's potential to exploit trading difficulties in the Republic created by Brexit, according to Alliance's deputy leader.

New Brexit regulations have hit 54% of businesses, while businesses also had difficulty sourcing raw materials due to Covid-19.

BREXIT is being blamed for a perceived deterioration in community relations highlighted by newly-published official figures. Statistics from the Executive Office show what is termed a "significant" decline in the number of people who think relations between Protestants and Catholics are...

RESEARCH that concludes the protocol has contributed to the Northern Ireland having a "comparatively respectable" growth profile has been welcomed.

The party will again block the restoration of the Assembly at a recalled sitting today.

Economics guru David McWilliams wrote in June that “partition has been an economic calamity” for the north.

The Stormont Assembly will meet tomorrow in a third bid to nominate a speaker after more than 30 MLAs signed an SDLP recall petition.

An Alliance Party MLA said people in Northern Ireland risked being left behind because of the lack of a functioning executive.

A loyalist think-tank has urged the leaders of the main unionist parties not to return to Stormont before the measures contained in the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill are fully implemented.

The European Commission has triggered four new infringement procedures.

NON-Irish EU citizens who want to cross the border into the north must apply for prior travel authorisation from next year.

Powersharing in Northern Ireland is in limbo after the DUP blocked the formation of a devolved Executive.

IF there is one aspect of Boris Johnson's premiership that we might miss, it's his way with words.

A BELFAST pastor involved in a legal challenge to the Northern Ireland Protocol is seeking full disclosure of advice from the UK Government's chief law officer on scrapping the post-Brexit trading arrangement.

Exports to Northern Ireland from the Republic from January to May 2022 increased by 586 million euro to 1.974 billion euro.

A FACT check service has said that former Secretary of State Brandon Lewis's claims that the Jewish community in Northern Ireland "can’t technically practice their religion" because of the protocol are "misleading".

The new Northern Ireland Secretary described the legislation that would scrap parts of the Irish Sea trading arrangements as a ‘last resort’.

A demonstration in Newry heard that relations between Northern Ireland and the Republic were at their lowest point for many years.

MICHEÁL Martin last night urged the British government to "pull back" from acting unilaterally on the Northern Ireland Protocol now Boris Johnson has announced his resignation. The taoiseach was speaking following Mr Johnson's announcement yesterday that he is resigning as Conservative...

BORIS Johnson's upcoming departure from Downing Street "opens a new page" in UK relations with the European Union, it has been claimed.