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NEW Westminster legislation reinstating the primacy of the Act of Union and making the Republic responsible for enforcing the EU's single market at the border are among proposals tabled as an alternative to the protocol.

A DUP MP has poured cold water on reports suggesting the party would side with Labour in backing a Brexit deal that kept the UK in the customs union.

IT's said there's no such thing as a good Brexit – ergo, there's no such thing as a good withdrawal agreement.

THERE was growing optimism about the prospect of securing a Brexit deal last night after the DUP appeared open to accepting the revised proposals that emerged after Thursday's meeting between the taoiseach and the British prime minister. As negotiations in Brussels...

HOPES of a Brexit agreement between Britain and the EU remained alive last night after Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson emerged from a hastily arranged meeting saying they could "see a pathway" to a possible deal.

THE DUP last night stood alone among Stormont's main parties in welcoming Boris Johnson's proposals for breaking the Brexit deadlock. In a letter to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, the British prime minister tabled a plan that would see Northern Ireland...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will table the British government's formal proposals for a new Brexit deal with Brussels in the coming days.

THE north's economy would lose £1.7 billion over the next decade if the UK leaves the EU, but remains in the Customs Union, according to a new report.

DUP MP Jim Shannon has said his party will not support any Brexit deal which would see the UK remaining in a customs union with the EU.

The intensive Brexit talks between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn which stalled on Friday night are likely to provide a defining or perhaps a concluding moment for either or both of their careers.