A ‘Swiss-style’ veterinary agreement would eliminate more than 80% of checks on UK agri-food goods entering the Single Market. European...
June 29, 2021
European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic told Northern Ireland politicians he was “hopeful” a solution could be found “over the next...
Scotland and Northern Ireland’s Rural Affairs Ministers have written to Westminster reiterating “significant concerns” over the UK’s approach to Free...
June 27, 2021
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has expressed serious concern at the potential implications for local producers of the UK-Australia trade....
June 22, 2021
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (AERA) Committee chairperson, Declan McAleer MLA, used the recent Stormont debate on the budget to...
June 17, 2021
The rules of origin “exist and are as they are – Brexit is the problem”, according to European Commissioner Mairead...
June 16, 2021
Three associations representing the all-island Irish dairy and whiskey sectors in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are...
June 13, 2021
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president, William Irvine, alongside industry representatives from Fane Valley, Agrii and DBS Farm Supplies, are...
June 11, 2021
Agri-food customs posts required in Northern Ireland (NI) have cost more than £24.4 million to staff in their first year....
June 4, 2021
Northern Ireland (NI) Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has hit out at the Irish Government, accusing it of failing to support...
May 28, 2021
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has welcomed confirmation that the EU Commission is supportive of the north being included in...
May 24, 2021
Reports have emerged that the UK government has agreed in principle to offer a 15-year transition zero-tariff, zero-quota trade deal...
May 22, 2021
Any decision on a veterinary zone solution to problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol will have to be made at...
May 6, 2021
Northern Ireland’s (NI) Agriculture Minister has said he plans to initiate Judicial Review proceedings over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Speaking...
May 5, 2021
An important North South meeting on rural development and agriculture had to be cancelled while DUP members grappled over the...
NFU Scotland has welcomed the findings of a Westminster committee report into exports from the UK to the EU, and...
April 30, 2021
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has welcomed the news of the approval of the post-Brexit...
April 28, 2021
Trade negotiators for the UK and Australia say they have reached consensus on the vast majority of elements of a...
April 25, 2021
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