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Tuesday, 23 November, 2021

Kerry Group PLC
Plant-based food products offer expansion route for Kerry
Irish group increasingly focuses on the supply of food ingredients and technology
Friday, 19 November, 2021

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading advantage lures packing giant
Ardagh’s investment in Belfast factory seen as vote of confidence in region’s protocol
Thursday, 18 November, 2021

Northern Ireland
Brexit quarrel highlights Northern Ireland’s data gaps
Patchy economic statistics make it hard for businesses to analyse whether trade links really are in danger
Thursday, 18 November, 2021

Europe Express
Google intensifies outreach amid progress on EU tech regulation Premium content
European parliament agreed its position on the Digital Markets Act last night
Wednesday, 17 November, 2021

Brexit
M&S warns EU proposals on trade risk increasing red tape
UK food retailer says proposals by Brussels risk ‘worsening friction and cost’ for Northern Ireland trade
Wednesday, 17 November, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic
European countries bring back Covid restrictions as cases rise
Ireland, Slovakia and Czech Republic to roll out measures to curb spread of virus
Friday, 12 November, 2021

News in-depthNorthern Ireland
Belfast festival shines light on Northern Ireland’s thriving film industry
Success of ‘Game of Thrones’ attracts foreign productions and stimulates local talent as well as bringing tourists to region
Friday, 12 November, 2021

News
Brexit negotiators step back from brink on Northern Ireland
UK and EU fail to agree on trading arrangements in region, but will shift to areas where progress is possible
Wednesday, 10 November, 2021

ObituaryUK politics & policy
Austin Currie: Politician and civil rights activist 1939-2021
Northern Irish Catholic was one of the few people to serve in governments on both sides of the border
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Tuesday, 9 November, 2021

Brexit
EU has ‘no option’ but to retaliate if UK suspends N Ireland protocol
Leo Varadkar says Ireland making contingency preparations in case London acts unilaterally
Tuesday, 9 November, 2021

Sean FitzPatrick
Former chief of collapsed Anglo Irish Bank Seán FitzPatrick dies
Banker who came to symbolise Ireland’s Celtic Tiger boom-and-bust died aged 73
Sunday, 7 November, 2021

Brexit
Irish minister warns EU could ditch entire Brexit deal
Simon Coveney says UK triggering Article 16 over Northern Ireland would prompt retaliatory action
Monday, 1 November, 2021

FT SeriesThe new workplace
Remote work: how Ireland’s tax laws clash with new reality
Regulations due to be reimposed next year could end homeworking for cross-border staff employed by Northern Irish companies
Sunday, 31 October, 2021

News in-depthNorthern Ireland
Northern Ireland: post-Brexit utopia or region strangled in red tape?
Some businesses benefit greatly from the bespoke trade arrangements while others struggle
Thursday, 14 October, 2021

Special ReportInvesting in Education
Students and schools feel the strain in Mexico’s pandemic
The crisis highlighted concerns about a system already performing below the OECD average
Tuesday, 12 October, 2021

Brexit
UK warns EU against ‘historic misjudgement’ on Brexit
London demands overhaul of Northern Ireland trading deal as Brussels prepares concessions
Monday, 11 October, 2021

Brexit
UK doubles down on demand for reform of Brexit deal
London calls for removal of oversight by EU’s top court of Northern Ireland trading arrangements
Monday, 11 October, 2021

Jeffrey Donaldson
DUP leader gambles with threat to dissolve Northern Irish executive
Donaldson faces tough tasks in toppling EU-UK protocol and taking over as first minister
Sunday, 10 October, 2021

Brexit
EU and UK edge closer to trade war over London’s NI protocol demands
ECJ role in overseeing key part of Brexit deal is a red line, says Brussels, but Frost set to repeat call to remove it
Friday, 8 October, 2021

Transcript
Ireland signs on to landmark global corporate tax deal
Move will cost country about €2bn in lost revenues as it ditches cherished 12.5% rate
Thursday, 7 October, 2021

Ireland
Ireland signs up to global corporate tax deal
Move will cost country about €2bn in lost revenues as it ditches cherished 12.5% rate
Tuesday, 5 October, 2021

International tax
Ireland ‘confident’ of signing revised global corporate tax deal
Dublin poised to ditch 12.5% rate that has been cornerstone of its economic policy
Monday, 4 October, 2021

Ireland
Ireland to invest €165bn in infrastructure
Dublin launches effort to keep pace with rising population but critics question if it can deliver
Monday, 4 October, 2021

News in-depthBrexit
Frost threatens to suspend part of Northern Ireland deal with EU
Brexit minister puts onus on Brussels to rethink terms of trade accord and says UK prepared to invoke Article 16
Wednesday, 29 September, 2021

Banks
Is it time to scrap the Irish banking pay cap?
Bank of Ireland’s chief financial officer latest big name to jump ship due to €500,000 limit, a legacy of banking crisis