Tag: Democratic Unionist Party

• Monday, February 22nd 2021 - 08:15 UTC

  Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party will take legal action against Brexit

  

  Members of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are set to take part in legal action challenging part of Brexit, the party said on Sunday. DUP opposes the Northern Ireland protocol, which covers post-Brexit trade between Britain and Northern Ireland, because it creates barriers between the British region and the rest of the UK and has caused disruptions.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  No one party veto over a possible agreement on the Irish border, and a Brexit deal

  

  No single party in Northern Ireland will be given a veto in any Brexit deal that is now “a distinct possibility” following a positive meeting between the Irish and British leaders on Thursday, Britain’s Northern Ireland minister said.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 19:28 UTC

  North Ireland controversy over plans for an all Ireland agri-food trade, after Brexit

  

  North Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, has dismissed a suggestion that agri-food trade could be regulated on an all-Ireland basis after Brexit. Agri-food is a particular challenge to the “no hard border” policy because of strict EU rules on food imports.