Irish Border in a sentence

The changes to freedom of movement will not directly affect Irish citizens because British and Irish ministers a deal to guarantee free movement for their citizens crossing the Irish border and cross-border access for study and health care.

A government spokesperson for Martin described the call as a “warm conversation” with Biden recalling his “strong Irish roots” and desire to protect Ireland from the impact of Brexit on the so-called Irish border.

As the two men posed for photos Mr Trump was heard discussing Brexit with the Irish PM and even mistakenly referred to a 'wall' when mentioning the Irish border.

Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster branded the Irish border backstop “toxic” and said the 10 Northern Irish MPs would vote against the withdrawal agreement.

Irish broadcaster RTE reported that two sources confirmed British negotiators will bring forward an updated plan on Tuesday to deal with the issue of customs and the Irish border.

Speaking alongside her Irish counterpart, Helen McEntee, during a visit to the Irish border, De Montchalin said the French president, Emmanuel Macron, would hold talks with Johnson in France in the coming weeks.

The Daily Telegraph claims that Brexit talks with the EU will formally conclude in the next 24 hours - if Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart, Leo Varadkar, fail to find a way forward on the Irish border when they meet later today.

Under one plan, MPs would pass an amendment suggesting the deal will only pass with further legal guarantees from the EU about the so-called “Irish backstop” – which would keep the Irish border open but could tether Britain to the EU’s customs union.

More to the point, the Irish border question persists no matter who is in No 10. Under the Good Friday agreement, Britain is required to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic.

Mr Biden repeatedly urges the UK not to take any action that could potentially create a hard Irish border.

The Irish border remained open, but that meant that to enforce differing customs rules, goods had to be checked when they crossed between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom.

The 2019 Brexit deal for Northern Ireland - known as the NI Protocol - kept Northern Ireland inside the EU single market for goods, which allowed a free flow of goods across the Irish border.

Hundreds of anti-Brexit campaigners have taken part in a number of demonstrations along the Irish border in opposition to Brexit.

Nancy Pelosi, who as US House speaker heads the body that would have to ratify any US-UK trade agreement, said as much on Thursday: if Britain unpicks the Irish border accord, there’ll be no trade deal with the US.

After more than three years of Brexit dominating EU affairs, the bloc has repeatedly refused to reopen the Withdrawal Agreement which includes an Irish border insurance policy that Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May, agreed in November.

After more than three years of Brexit dominating EU affairs, the bloc has repeatedly refused to reopen the Withdrawal Agreement, which includes an Irish border insurance policy that Johnson’s predecessor, Theresa May, agreed on in November.

And that in turn makes a number of EU countries even more determined that any solution for the Irish border is legally watertight and fully thought through, before they sign up to any amended Brexit deal.

But the plan is likely to face deep skepticism from EU leaders, who will need to be convinced the U.K. has a workable proposal to avoid checks on goods or people crossing the Irish border.

Diplomats are reportedly scrambling to create a 'bridge' between the two sides that could allow trade talks to continue, after the new PM made clear the Irish border backstop must be scrapped altogether.

Going on the attack in the Commons after his unprecedented bloodbath of 17 Cabinet ministers overnight as he shaped his government, Mr Johnson warned that the Irish border backstop must be scrapped altogether.