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Intertrade UK panel Dr Esmond Birnie, Suzanne Wylie, Baroness Arlene Foster, Angela McGowan, Kirsty McManus, Roger Pollen.

Trade body to meet GB businesses over Irish Sea border challenges

Unionists became second class citizens under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal

Letter: Damage from Boris years needs to be corrected

Guest Speaker Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP pictured speaking at the 2018 DUP annual conference in Belfast. He said he would never support a border in the Irish Sea. Picture by Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press

Letter: Assurances over border poll mean nothing

Morning View

Editorial: Unionist unity over Protocol problems welcome

A House of Lords committee sat in Stormont in Thursday hearing concerns about Protocol human rights provisions.

Former Stormont leaders return quiz successors on Protocol issues

Unfettered access from NI to GB trade was promised in the Safeguarding the Union deal.

NI medical products branded imports by government - Allister

Jay Henderson (left) scored in the Bannsiders' home victory against Crusaders on Saturday

Coleraine ace on why Scottish players are coming over to the Irish League

Ferry passengers between Ireland and Britain will need a valid passport from the end of next month, according to the requirements of the UK Border Force.

Ferry passport rule change should include Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein says

Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Diana Armstrong

Government shouldn't 'repackage' Framework issues as opportunity - UUP

It is a given that all unionist parties want the maintenance of the British Union, and the removal of the Irish Sea border

Letter: Hurdles to be overcome for a unionist coalition

There needs to be more than just a 'maintaining the Union' strategy

Letter: A unionist coalition needs to have a united objective

Morning View

Editorial: The Irish Sea border is not a settled issue in Northern Ireland

NI secretary Sir Chris Bryant with NIO junior minister Sarah Owen at a press conference in Belfast on Friday.

Sir Chris Bryant says Irish Sea border arrangements are 'pretty much settled'

Sir Keir Starmer was an out of touch PM that did not even get the memo to know when his time was up

Letter: Starmer’s political journey has ended in failure

Conrad Hunt has joined Coleraine on a season-long loan from Watford. (Photo: Dylan Kirkpatrick/Coleraine FC)

Bannsiders land defender as Ballymena arrival tipped to be 'a big player'

Harold Henning

British rights for British citizens - Orange leaders highlight Irish Sea border
The “limbo” facing Northern Ireland since the imposition of the Irish Sea border was raised in speeches at Twelfth demonstrations across the province, with Orangemen and women hearing a demand for “British rights for British citizens”.
David Thompson

Polling seems to suggest that most people think Stormont is doing a bad job, Unionists should say they are not taking part

Letter: Unionism should quit Stormont, return to pre Donaldson u-turn stance

In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48%

Letter: My Brexit vote hasn’t been respected but I’d still vote to leave the EU

The News Letter article on the Saturday before Brexit in which Ben Lowry argued against leaving the EU because of the risk to the UK. Saturday June 18 2016

Ben Lowry: Brexit has merits but has been very bad for NI’s place in UK

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn was not in office until after Jeffrey Donaldson was charged. Pic: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Northern Ireland Office says there's 'no evidence' it was told about Donaldson

Bangor manager Lee Feeney. (Photo by Alan Weir/Pacemaker Press)

Irish League manager reveals research and contacts key behind summer signing

Jeffrey Donaldson lied to his own voters about the Irish Sea border, and the bulk of his party went along with it. Pic: Colm Lenaghan /Pacemaker

Analysis: Donaldson needed no pressure to tell his biggest political lie of all

Jamie Bryson attended a meeting with EU diplomats in Dublin to set out the DUP and unionist position, with the endorsement of former leader Jeffrey Donaldson. Pic : Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Irish government confirms it attended Jamie Bryson meeting in Dublin

Jeffrey Donaldson addressing DUP conference in October 2022, where he said EU law was the underlying problem with the Irish Sea border.

Bryson 'pulled Jeffrey Donaldson into hardline position' in conference speech

Jeffrey Donaldson sent Jamie Bryson to represent DUP views to EU officials at a secret Dublin meeting. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Jeffrey Donaldson sent Jamie Bryson to represent DUP views to EU officials

Conor McMenamin has opened up on his move to Coleraine. (Photo: Coleraine FC)

Irish League is improving all the time says Coleraine new boy Conor McMenamin

TUV leader Jim Allister. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

'Distasteful nonsense' - Government hits out at TUV Donaldson comments
A suggestion by the TUV leader that Jeffrey Donaldson’s decision to lead the DUP back into Stormont – based on a lie over the Irish Sea border – may have been the result of pressure exerted on him by the government has been branded “absolute nonsense”.
David Thompson

Jeffrey Donaldson was awarded a knighthood in 2016, but said he would "always be plain Jeffrey to my friends and to the people that I represent". Photo: Press Eye.

Unionist leaders' calls to strip paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson of knighthood

Kian Corbally has completed a switch to Dunfermline Athletic from Ballymena United for an undisclosed fee

Midfielder thankful for Ballymena development as he completes full-time switch

A Glider bus, set on fire by protesters, on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast, as disorder flared during an anti-immigration demonstration

Owen Polley: Another ‘crisis’ is inevitable if immigration fears not tackled

This week has seen many scenes of violent disorder across Northern Ireland

Letter: Violence may be due to bad example set by governments

The government has sought to counter accusations that it is taking the UK back into the EU

Lord Dodds: My EU bill would oust sea border and deliver Brexit for UK

Banbridge blockchain specialists ubloquity and Trans-Bridge Freight Services are collaborating to make pharmaceutical distribution across the Irish Sea more seamless and secure. Pictured is Brian Anderton, director, Trans-Bridge Freight Services Ltd and Rick Atherton, technical project manager, ubloquity

NI technology company lands major pharma logistics contract

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wants to put the UK back ‘at the heart of Europe’

Owen Polley: Labour’s manoeuvring on EU won’t fix sea border problems

Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael, who chairs Westminster's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, was visiting Northern Ireland this week.

Border control post operation is costing Northern Ireland consumers - MP

Acclaimed travel writer, Fionn Davenport says “people are starting to rethink what they want from a holiday" given current global events

1 in 3 NI holidaymakers put off booking a holiday abroad due to global events

Morning View

Editorial: DUP is right to admit Stormont deal was over-sold

DUP leader Gavin Robinson.

DUP leader reacts to new cross-party anti-Protocol grouping

Jordan Adams reading a message of support from the Prince of Wales, as he is undertaking an all-Ireland marathon. Jordan and his brother Cian have been diagnosed with a rare gene which causes early-onset frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Jordan, 30, is running 33 marathons in 33 days. Photo: Laura-Mary Carter/PA

William praises brothers in their cross-border dementia running challenge

Stena Line has announced a substantial investment of approximately £14 million in the ongoing refit and upgrades of its Irish Sea fleet

Major £14m investment to transform Stena Line Irish Sea fleet

John French, the chief executive of the Utility Regulator NI, said that after Brexit Northern Ireland was 'decoupled' from Great Britain's electricity market

Irish Sea border hiking up electricity costs in Northern Ireland says regulator

A fresh row has erupted within unionism over the wisdom of Brexit and the Irish Sea border arrangements. Photo: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

Fresh unionist row over Brexit as Jim Allister claims UUP has 'lost the plot'

Morning View

Editorial: Ex-NIO minister's call for change on sea border deal welcome

Former NIO minister Lord Caine, speaking in 2024, said the government did not recognise there was 'anything like a trade border' in the Irish Sea.

Former NIO minister says 'fundamental changes' needed to Windsor Framework

Crufts competitor Sally joins Stena Line onboard for the Happy Pet Panel launch

Sit, stay… sail! All aboard for pet travel with Stena Line

Ben Habib has been unwavering in his opposition to the Irish Sea border

Letter: Advance UK offers unionists a rare opportunity

Peter Robinson, Lord Mayor of Belfast, pictured in November 1986 at a rally on the first anniversary of Anglo Irish agreement at City Hall where 200,000 people turned up

Letter: Huffing and puffing does little good

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves wants the UK to accept most EU single market rules. The slogan ‘Brexit means Brexit’ never amounted to much, but it did imply that there could be no going back

Owen Polley: A UK 'reset' with the EU is unlikely to fix the Irish Sea border

Jim Allister MP addressing the party faithful at last year's TUV conference in Cookstown, where delegates will gather again today (Saturday).

Jim Allister says voters' trust is the party's strength as TUV faithful gather

In 2024 Northern Ireland's sales of goods to Great Britain grew by just 0.8%

Esmond Birnie: Data shows strong hints of trade diversion away from GB

Unionists must refuse to operate the executive and bring the Stormont Assembly down

Letter: Moaning won’t get rid of Irish Sea border

Goods entering Northern Ireland's ports from GB must meet Brussels requirements. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Government claims Windsor Framework 'protects UK internal market'

Ferries coming in and out of NI's ports from GB will be affected by new climate legislation. Photo. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Warnings over impact on NI consumers from new UK climate tax on ferries

During her recent visit to Northern Ireland, Irish president Catherine Connolly referred to ‘Derry’ rather than Londonderry on several occasions

Letter: Focus on sea border, not trivial battles

HM Coastguard said crews responded to an incident on the P&O Ferries Stranraer to Larne service at 1.21pm on Thursday.

Search for man overboard stood down

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