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The Second Reading from 2023-12-13T15:41:26.983728
The Second Reading of the NI Protocol Bill in the House of Commons - how did it go down? Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin&Europe Editor Tony Connelly look at the debate&reaction. Guests: Tom Tuge...
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The Brit Whisperers from 2023-12-13T15:41:26.976459
An apology from an arch-Brexiteer, warm words in London and maybe the protocol was too strict after all. Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin pinch themselves and ...
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Windsor Winning from 2023-03-24T20:21
We look in depth at the Windsor Framework, which reboots the Northern Ireland Protocol, why Unionists have rejected it, what it means for both the restoration of the Stormont Assembly and for the b...
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Aiken To Join (1965-69) from 2022-11-18T16:18
In this special episode, Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin talks to the historians behind the Documents in Irish Foreign Policy series and explores some very familiar themes from the period 1965...
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Protocol Pragmatism from 2022-11-11T19:58
A Taoiseach and a UK Prime Minister meet in the northwest England and get on famously. Sound familiar? Political Correspondent Micheál Lehane, Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor...
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Low Risk Rishi? from 2022-10-28T17:59
Another Northern Ireland election, but no date. A new Prime Minister in London, but what are his red lines and how red are they? Negotiations continue, but where are they going? Europe Editor Tony ...
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Better to have Liz-ed&Lost? from 2022-10-21T17:38
A 'goodbye' from Liz Truss but no 'hello' to stability. As the UK's political upheaval rolls on, what effect will it have on relations with the EU? Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Ed...
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The Resurrection from 2022-09-23T18:33
A new British monarch, a new British Prime Minister - a new relationship with the EU? RTÉDeputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin&Europe Editor Tony Connelly assess the chances of miraculous occurrences.
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Podcast: Brexit Republic - Big Deal Or No Big Deal? from 2022-06-17T13:46
Anglo-Irish Relations hit a new low, EU-UK relations aren't far behind in the week when the legislation to disapply the Northern Ireland Protocol finally entered the Commons. What's in it and what'...
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Brexit Football - Extra Time from 2022-05-20T18:45
Shifting goal posts, scoreless draws - RTÉEurope Editor Tony Connelly&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin review the action in this week Brexit fixtures.
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Maroš's Mandate from 2022-05-13T18:40
Forming a NI Executive is blocked by a DUP boycott over the Protocol, Dublin says there is no UK partner to make progress&the EU says Maroš Šefcovic's negotiating mandate is not going the change. ...
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Is Sunday Deal Day? from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.476598
UK&EU negotiators agree. Not on a final deal, but that divergence in 3 areas still remain: fish, fairness&fight resolution. Will a call between UK PM Boris Johnson and EC President Ursula von der L...
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EU Picked A Schwein Time To Leave from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.454486
In the first episode of 2021, Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at how the deal was done, some of its hidden surprises and ...
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A Double Dose from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.282224
This week - like the European vaccine rollout - we play catch-up. Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look back at a hectic two weeks of blunders, blindsides and bo...
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Unilateral Thinking from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.261263
What triggered the UK's unilateral move to extend grace periods - was it concern for the Union, post-Brexit hardball or both? Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan&Deputy Fo...
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La Grande Illusion from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.173882
Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin is joined by London Correspondent Sean Whelan on the Brexit vibes in elections in Scotland and England and by Europe Editor Tony Connelly on the latest round of...
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The Riot Act from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.163147
Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Sean Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin on Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney's meeting with UK Chief Negotiator David Frost, DUP l...
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Ljubbly-Dubbly from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.139917
As expected, the EU grants an extension to the grace period, but with the can now kicked down the road, are the seeds of an agreed outcome finally beginning to appear? Europe Editor Tony Connelly a...
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Go Whistle from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.135119
In a packed double-episode Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin are joined by QUB Prof. Katy Hayward on her new book 'The Irish Border', Tony Murphy of the European ...
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Spills, Brill&Bellyaches from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.079987
Host: Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin London Correspondent Sean Whelan is in Manchester for the Tory Party conference and the opening of a new Irish consulate. Europe Editor Tony Connelly has ...
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Take It Or Leave It from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.068382
The Tory Party went to Manchester, the EU's Maros Sefcovic zoomed into Dublin&constructive EU-UK discussions on the NI Protocol may get rolling in weeks. Join RTÉEurope Editor Tony Connelly, London...
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Linger On The Trigger from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.059051
As David Frost and Maroš Šefcovic conclude another Fridays for (Brexit) future meeting of their very own, Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Sean Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMo...
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Bonus 1921 Treaty Episode from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.039521
Ireland's 1921 withdrawal from the UK with the Anglo-Irish Treaty has been compared over the last five years with Brexit. Do such comparisons stand up? On the centenary of the Treaty, Deputy Foreig...
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'Significant Gaps Remain' from 2022-04-21T15:16:04.035180
Has the prospect of Article 16 faded? Where are"constructive"talks going? Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin look at what, if anything,...
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Dormant Stormont? from 2022-04-21T15:16:03.975034
Europe Editor Tony Connelly, Northern Editor Vincent Kearney, London Correspondent Sean Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin dive into the detail of the week the DUP pulled the plug on S...
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And they're off... from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.764765
The election campaign begins with spending promises, drop outs, gaffes and controversy. RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin ...
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The Sensitive Document and the Handcuffs from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.750995
What does a new HM Treasury document marked 'Sensitive' say about the impact of the Withdrawal Agreement on Northern Ireland? Why is Boris Johnson avoiding Andrew Neil? And what's that new tune? Co...
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Unparliamentary Language from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.685265
RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at Seán's Brexit night encounter, Australia v Canada and the continuing Level Playi...
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Beans and Barnier from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.670581
EU-UK talks were preceded by tetchy exchanges and a 'patriotic breakfast'. So why did everything go so quiet? RTÉ's London Correspondent Seán Whelan relocated to Brussels and took the temperature, ...
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The Landbridge from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.648799
No progress in the first face-to-face EU-UK talks since the Covid crisis. Ireland is concerned about the landbridge for Irish freight through the UK. RTÉ Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin, Europ...
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Après Phil from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.592456
RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin reconvene to examine the Brexit deadlock as the clock runs down and look at the impact of ...
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Legal Action And Lo-Fi from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.577296
The EU initiates legal proceedings against the UK over its international law-breaking Internal Markets Bill, the Taoiseach takes the floor and EC President Ursula von der Leyen and Boris Johnson hi...
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Introducing: The Non-Tunnel from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.573175
After a week of high level contacts between senior EU leaders and the UK Prime Minister, is a deal any closer? Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin set the scene a w...
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Hit The Phones from 2022-03-07T04:57:11.557882
Progress is still stuck on the main issues - level playing field, fisheries and governance. Will a weekend phone call from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to UK Prime Minister Bo...
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Ulster Says No (To Broadcast Media) from 2022-02-11T12:00
DUP disappointment at London's reaction, John Major's broadside&the impact of dynamic alignment on Northern Ireland. Europe Editor Tony Connelly, Northern Correspondent Conor Macauley, London Corre...
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Truss Issues from 2022-01-28T12:00
A new February deadline looms in EU-UK talks on the Northern Ireland protocol, but there are no obvious grounds for optimism. Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan, Northern...
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Sean's American Wake from 2022-01-21T12:00
In the first episode of 2022 Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin catch up how David Frost's departure and Liz Truss's arrival will...
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1815, 1832, 2021 from 2021-12-17T12:00
More political trouble on the home front for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a dourly-received EU move on medicines in Northern Ireland and fit of piscine pique are all on the war room table for L...
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Two borders, four years, one protocol. from 2021-12-06T03:41:35.058133
UK PM Boris Johnson went to Manchester to address his party conference for the first time as leader proposing a new UK alternative to the backstop - the Northern Ireland/Ireland protocol. RTÉ Euro...
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Emollience? from 2021-11-20T12:00
UK Cabinet Minister Michael Gove sees a way ahead on the NI Protocol without using Article 16. Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship or overoptimistic overanalysis of glacial negotiations...
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Still Talking from 2021-11-11T12:00
Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Sean Whelan &Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin review a week of hard-hitting Brexit rhetoric and look at what pulling the Article 16 trigger might...
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Top jobs and strong words from Germany. from 2021-10-29T17:01:56.070184
The Tory race for the top job rumbles on as Europe attempts to fill its own big positions and President Michael D Higgins hears strong words of support on Brexit in Germany. We also get a business...
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A Turnip for the Books from 2021-10-29T12:00
Join Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Sean Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin on why English Channel neighbours are poisson each other off, polling on the protocol&why senio...
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Brexit Republic - Croeso i Gymru! from 2021-10-22T12:00
Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Sean Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin on the week in protocolology, new post-Brexit diplomatic ventures and the EU's Poland problems. Int...
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Brexit Free State from 2021-10-14T12:00
Three speeches, multiple tweets and a new EU set of proposals on the NI Protocol - the week in Brexit all wrapped up in one podcast with Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whela...
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Brexico: a wall on the border and the Taoiseach's face from 2021-10-08T17:23:45.484658
UK Prime Minister Theresa May stepped down as Tory leader. The Brexit Party came up short in the Peterborough by-election. US President Donald Trump visited three countries. RTÉ Europe Editor Tony ...
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Köln Off Time from 2021-09-24T12:00
Cologne - for the podcast that has everything: Europe Editor Tony Connelly catches up with Olaf Scholz. London Correspondent Seán Whelan talks to EU Commissioner Máiréad McGuinness about EU-UK co...
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Imperial Measures from 2021-09-17T12:00
With acres of ground to cover on medicines in Northern Ireland, supply chain issues in the UK and an Imperial return, Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan&Deputy Foreign Ed...
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Back With The Black Spot from 2021-09-10T12:00
The EU's Maros Sefcovic says'No'to renegotiating the NI Protocol, while Jeffrey Donaldson says'Maybe'to the DUP exiting Stormont. RTÉEurope Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan&De...
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An election, one that never was and one to come Ep36 from 2021-09-09T11:16:33.672941
No reasons to be cheerful in either Labour or Tory ranks, a comeback of sorts for the Lib Dems and a surge for Independents. Was it a Brexit election? What does it mean for the Brexit process? RTÉ ...
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Adjournment from 2021-07-23T12:00
RTÉ London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin cast an eye over the UK Government's Command Paper on the NI Protocol, cock an ear to Dominic Cummings latest interview...
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Leaks that journalists don't like - Episode 34 from 2021-07-05T23:12:20.090081
More votes, more resignations and reaching out across the Commons divide. RTÉ's London Correspondent and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at (another) hectic Brexit week.
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Better Late Than Never from 2021-06-29T12:00
Another extension to the grace period on chilled meats, talk of scrapping the protocol slowly sliding off the agenda and local sausage supplies. Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Edito...
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Cod, anyone? Brexit Republic Episode 30 7-3-19 from 2021-06-17T13:58:41.888836
A codpiece unveiled, an usine à gaz explained and dinner on the thirteenth floor digested: RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin discuss the latest Brexit talks...
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Tommy Cooper&Two Tonys from 2021-06-11T12:00
Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Sean Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor on the week when the Northern Ireland Protocol gatecrashed the G7&the US delivered a démarche to the UK. Guest: ...
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Brexit Republic Ep 29 - Geoffrey Cox is the Man From Del Monte. from 2021-06-11T03:30:38.588012
What form of words (if any) would provide basis for the UK Attorney General to convince the DUP and the Tory Party to support the Withdrawal Agreement? RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy ...
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DUP Heats Up, Swiss Cool Off from 2021-05-28T12:00
Europe Editor Tony Connelly&London Correspondent Sean Whelan join Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin on claims of Northern Ireland being blockaded by the EU, trading with Australia, 7 hours of Domi...
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Equivalence vs Alignment from 2021-05-21T12:00
The EU says aligned food standards could solve 80% of NI Protocol friction. The UK calls for equivalence. Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin&Europe Editor Tony Connelly look at the stalemate&at cla...
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Brexit Republic Episode 26 8-2-19 from 2021-05-15T02:52:50.127394
Brexit gets biblical: Tusk's special place in hell for Brexiteers who had no plan, Theresa May on pilgrimages to Belfast, Brussels and then Dublin. What can she get - if anything -as the clock tic...
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Arlene: A Very Brexit Coup from 2021-04-30T12:00
Host: Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin Northern Editor Vincent Kearney on Brexit's role in DUP leader Arlene Foster's political demise, Europe Editor Tony Connelly on her role in Theresa May's...
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Montgomery's Brexit Memories from 2021-04-23T12:00
Former senior Irish diplomat Rory Montgomery goes in-depth with Europe Editor Tony Connelly on the awkward lunches, difficult backstops, problematic protocols and how some of the difficulties could...
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Dog Deal Diplomacy from 2021-04-16T12:00
Could meetings this week in London&Brussels help calm the tensions in Belfast or is that too much to expect? Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Sean Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor Colm...
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Brexit Republic Episode 20 6-12-18 from 2021-04-15T02:09:40.763150
Three defeats for UK PM Theresa May in one day - what hope now for the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration passing muster next week? RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign ...
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The Needling Continues from 2021-03-19T12:00
Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at the continuing Brexit fallout in tensions over vaccines, legal proceedings, protocol ...
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A Pintless Exercise from 2021-03-12T12:00
In the mix this week for Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin: Ongoing protocol tensions trigger legal action, the pint that might ...
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Eternal Brexit from 2021-02-26T12:00
Will Brexit ever be a done deal or are the EU and UK destined to be locked into years of detailed wrangling over the terms of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement? Join Europe Editor Tony Connelly,...
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Whisky Woes from 2021-02-19T12:00
David Frost takes the lead for the UK in its relations with the EU. Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin and London Correspondent Seán Whelan look at what this might mean for future talks, based on...
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Weltanschauung from 2021-02-12T12:00
The Northern Ireland Protocol, financial services, freight&EU-UK diplomatic relations are all under the scope this week as Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy F...
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Brexit Republic Episode 28 21-2-19 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How has Brussels viewed the formation of the Independent Group in Westminster? Can Middle Eastern leaders help their European counterparts achieve (Brexit) peace when they all meet in Sharm El Shei...
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Brexit Republic Ep 15 8-11-18 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tony's in Helsinki this week with his Brexit round-up. Also: BDO's Carol Lynch gives ground level view on what will happen at Irish ports and to Irish businesses if no deal is agreed, or later if ...
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Brexit Republic Episode 14 25-10-2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week Brexit Republic looks at UK PM's survival in a week that predicted her political demise in violent terms. Northern Ireland business representatives went to Westminster to bluntly outline ...
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Brexit Republic - Ep 13 - 19-10-18 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week: Did Chancellor Merkel wobble on the backstop? A longer transition period possible; Dominic Raab's dash to Brussels, and work continues in the Brexit 'tunnel'. RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Co...
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Brexit Republic Ep 12 11-10-18 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brexit negotiations enter (another) critical phase; Mrs Foster meets Mr Barnier and concerns over the impact of Brexit on the rights enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement.
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Brexit Republic Episode 11 5-10-18 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After UK PM's (war?) dance at her party conference; DUP leader's "blood red lines; Boris's speech and the Taoiseach's meetings in Brussels with European Council President, how healthy are the prosp...
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Brexit Republic Episode 10 28-09-18 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Foreign Editor Eimear Lowe look at where the backstop stands ahead of the Tory party conference. The impact of Brexit on the Irish whiskey sector also shows th...
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Brexit Republic Episode 9 20-09-18 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
UK PM Theresa May's Brexit Chequers White Paper hit a bum note this week in Salzburg, the town made famous by Mozart and 'The Sound of Music'. RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly talked to Brexit Repu...
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Brexit Republic Episode 8 13-9-18 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at turbulent week of Brexit politics in the UK with former Vote Leave Chair Gisela Stuart and the preparations being ...
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Brexit Republic Ep 7 6-9-18 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michel Barnier doesn't like it much, Brexiteers don't like it at all, but Theresa May still insistent that Chequers is the best plan. This week we look at the political to-ing and fro-ing & get th...
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Brexit Republic Ep 6 30-8-2018 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ep 6 looks at (another) optimistic interpretation of Barnier remarks on a Brexit deal; where does the UK fit into Macron's concentric circles & the British Chamber of Commerce is still waiting for ...
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Brexit Republic Episode 5 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Back after our Summer recess, we recap on the Brexit twists and turns and talk to Fianna Fáil's Lisa Chambers & Minister for European Affairs Helen McEntee
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Brexit Republic Episode 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Foreign Editor Eimear Lowe look back at a tumultuous week Brexit-wise. BrexitCentral's Hugh Bennett says despite fury in the Tory ranks, Mrs May is on course to ...
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Brexit Republic Episode 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week Brexit Republic looks back at a jam-packed week: A statement, a White Paper, several resignations and some promotions. And President Trump. Tony Connelly looks back over the week that wa...
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EU and UK still at odds over the backstop, with time running out from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
RTÉ's Tony Connelly is in Strasbourg, Sean Whelan, RTE's London Correspondent in Westminster are joined by Sam McBride of the Belfast Newsletter on the DUP’s position and if they are prepared on th...
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Brexit Republic returns amid Westminster convulsions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brexit Republic is back, to delve into the unprecedented convulsions wracking the British political system. In his first tangle with parliament, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered a sequen...
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Israel's Vaccine Scene from 2021-01-29T12:00
Brexit Republic is taking a week off this week. Here's a sample of RTÉ News podcast 'Pandemic': Israel is rolling out vaccinations apace. Haaretz journalist Amos Harel discusses the politics, pres...
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Frankly Speaking from 2021-01-22T12:00
Guest: Former EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly talks to former EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier and discusses diplomatic spats and The Who with Dep...
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Seals of the Apocalypse from 2021-01-15T12:00
As Brexit's effects continue to surface, Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin talk fish, freight, steel, groupage and the Apocalypse.
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Bonus Episode: Back To The Future from 2020-12-23T12:00
Anglo-Irish complexities affect Ireland's relations with Europe, it's a busy year at the UN, there are racial tensions in the US&cross border trade is foremost in Irish minds. It's all very 2020, b...
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Is Sunday Deal Day 3.0? from 2020-12-18T12:00
The EU's Michel Barnier says there are "hours" left to achieve a deal, UK PM Boris Johnson says the talks are "difficult" - another weekend, more talks, but will there finally be a trade agreement?...
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Is Sunday Deal Day 2.0? from 2020-12-11T12:00
Are four years going to end in tears for all sides as the prospect of a no deal looms? Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin have a lively...
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Fish Fights&Sausage Wars from 2020-11-27T12:00
This week Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin look at the fight over fish, spats over sausages, traffic jams and more. Guests: Minis...
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Provisional vs Official from 2020-11-20T12:00
95% agreement but the remaining 5% is what has been causing all the problems: Level Playing Field, fisheries&governance. With days left to get agreement is another, provisional solution on the card...
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Biden Comes, Cummings Goes from 2020-11-13T12:00
What will the arrival of Joe Biden as US President-elect and the departure of the Vote Leave veterans in Downing Street do for the Brexit Dynamics? Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Corresponden...
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A Sour Note For Irish Dairy? from 2020-10-30T12:00
A sting in the tail of the Northern Irish protocol: What happens on January 1 2021 when Northern Ireland falls out of some 60 EU free trade agreements? Whither whiskey? Danger for dairy? Europe Edi...
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Talking Again from 2020-10-23T12:00
After an abrupt (sort of) end to talks last week, speeches, statements and phone calls followed and it's all back on again. RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin ...
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Scratch That, EU're Cancelled from 2020-10-17T12:00
An EU summit that looked for more compromise from the UK. Then the UK's chief negotiator David Frost metaphorically told his EU counterpart to pack his bags, by literally telling him not to pack hi...
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You Kent Come In from 2020-09-25T12:00
Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at the signs for optimism, Kent's splendid isolation and a sticky few weeks ahead at the negotiating table.
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The Revolver from 2020-09-18T12:00
Mr Raab goes to Washington and Mr Miliband goes to town on Mr Johnson in another busy, busy Brexit week. Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm...
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Internal Market Hillbillies from 2020-09-11T12:00
RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin analyse the week in which the UK unveiled a law to break international law and the ruction...
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States of Mind from 2020-08-17T12:00
Brexit Republic is back soon. RTÉ News US Election podcast States Of Mind heads to Delaware. Howard Dean, ex Chair of the Democratic National Committee, on healthy infighting and the party's virt...
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Summit's Got Nowt To Do With Brexit from 2020-07-17T12:00
Brexit Republic with Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin&Europe Editor Tony Connelly The minds of EU leaders are on big money matters at the first face-to-face summit since February, so can the bon...
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The 20th Of July Plot from 2020-07-10T12:00
Hosts: Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin&Europe Editor Tony Connelly. Despite downbeat warnings of divergent positions, the EU and UK will intensify efforts to make progress in talks in the week c...
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The Noisy Episode from 2020-06-26T12:00
Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin try to cut through the noise on the Brexit talks stand-off (but some 'working from home ambien...
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Backed Into A CornerOn a Cliff Edge from 2020-06-19T12:00
A metaphor a minute on the latest episode: Tigers in tanks, corners on cliff edges and more. London Correspondent Seán Whelan, Europe Editor Tony Connelly&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin round u...
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Tunnel of Gove from 2020-06-12T12:00
Hosts: Europe Editor Tony Connelly&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin Back after a three-month hiatus, Brexit Republic looks at where things have moved since March (spoiler alert - not far) and wha...
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Pandemic Podcast: North-South Relations from 2020-03-31T12:00
Colm Ó Mongáin talks North-South approachers to the virus in Ireland with RTÉ Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers, and North-South tensions in the Eurozone with Editor Tony Connelly. Also - we hear ...
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Silver Linings? from 2020-03-13T12:00
RTÉ's London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at two Brexit (relative) silver linings this week: Brexit contingency planning's usefulness for the COVID-19 pan...
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Gove Unprecedented, Boris Unbelievable. from 2020-02-27T12:00
How does the UK see its commitments to the Irish Protocol and the Political Declaration and what impact will deviation have on its credibility in other trade talks? RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connel...
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Are you looking at my Burke? from 2020-02-21T12:00
UK Brexit negotiator talks Edmund Burke in Brussels, the European heads of government talk turkey on the multiannual budget, but is Greece really talking about losing its marbles? RTÉ's Europe Edi...
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Saj To Say I Must Be on Me Way from 2020-02-14T12:00
RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin on a week when Ireland reshuffled its poltical landscape, the UK Prime Minister reshuffl...
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Bye, Bye, it's B-Day from 2020-01-31T12:00
On the day that the UK leaves the EU, RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at the parting of the ways and the difficult ro...
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The UK's Last Seven Days in the EU Twenty Eight from 2020-01-24T12:00
In the last week of the withdrawal process, RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at UK-US tensions, the upcoming trade t...
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The bishop, the bong, the bung and boats from Bruges from 2020-01-16T12:00
Junior B football, the Level Playing field, Charles II pledge to the Flemish fishermen and the Big Ben Brexit bong gone wrong. RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan an...
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Extra Episode: Brexit Party MEP Claire Fox from 2020-01-13T12:00
Last week Claire Fox – MEP for North West England with the Brexit Party delivered an address at the Institute for IIEA in Dublin. RTÉDeputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin sat down with her&got her vi...
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"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?" from 2020-01-10T12:00
"Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?" In the first podcast of the year RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin...
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The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - Ivan Rogers from 2019-12-27T12:00
In our final episode of 2019, Brexit Republic is podcasting a lecture by former UK Ambassador to the EU (2013-17) Ivan Rogers at Policy Scotland, Glasgow University. The original lecture video, whi...
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Bye Bye'Get Brexit Done', Hello'Unite&Level Up' from 2019-12-13T12:00
It's all over. Brexit proved decisive in what became a personality contest-type election. RTÉ's London Correspondent Seán Whelan, Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongái...
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Brexit Republic November 27 from 2019-11-27T12:00
UK parties launch their manifestos - but how do they fare under scrutiny? Incoming EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shares her views of "tough, but fair" Phil Hogan’s new role.
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Truth, Clarity and Audience Laughter from 2019-11-21T12:00
RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly gets reaction at the European People's Party Congress in Zagreb to the ongoing UK General Election and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin takes an in-depth look ...
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Phil, Fish&Football from 2019-11-15T12:00
RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan&Deputy Foreign Editor ColmÓMongáin look at the week when Boris Johnson's 2020 trade deal deadline got an unexpected boost&Stephen...
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Hallowe'en - the day of the dead (in a ditch)? from 2019-10-31T12:00
Another Brexit deadline passes, another Brexit election begins. Who is in for the trick and who is in for the treat as the UK's political parties go door to door. RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly...
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Brextension? from 2019-10-24T12:00
Will Boris Johnson's gamble to cut off the DUP prove to be the undoing of his promise to 'Get Brexit Done' by October 31st? Also: more on what went on in Wirral. RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connell...
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Withdrawal Deal 2.0 from 2019-10-18T12:00
The backstop is dead, long live a new solution for the island of Ireland. Tony Connelly, Sean Whelan and Colm Ó Mongáin will bring you through how the deal was done, and depending on when you’re li...
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From 'Help!' to Imagine in the Brexit process. from 2019-10-11T12:00
Behind the closed doors in Liverpool the Taoiseach and the UK PM brought Brexit talks from 'Help!' to 'Imagine', with observers wondering who the Revolver is. Let RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly,...
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Supreme Court unanimously rules Johnson broke the law from 2019-09-26T12:00
Boris Johnson's trip to the UN General Assembly is rudely interrupted by an historic Supreme Court ruling. But his blistering Commons' performance betrayed neither shame nor remorse. In the eye of ...
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Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson square off in Dublin from 2019-09-12T12:00
Another tumultuous week, which superlatives fail to adequately describe. Assessing all the latest Brexit developments, from Brussels, London and Belfast, are RTÉ's Tony Connelly and Sean Whelan, an...
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Into the Valley of GATT. from 2019-06-27T12:00
Red wine on the couch, Alternative Arrangements on the Border, Tory leadership hopefuls on the campaign trail and the EU on 'no deal' high alert. RTÉ's London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell, Europe E...
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'Once more with feelin: No deal = No transition...' from 2019-06-21T12:00
As the Conservative Party in the UK enters the final phase of its leadership race, the contenders were encouraged by European leaders to be realistic about what they could expect to achieve on Brex...
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And then there were six... from 2019-06-14T12:00
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson leads the Tory pack by a distance - all done then? RTÉ London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell, Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor look at what...
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Top jobs, Trump and a race to be new British PM - Episode 40 from 2019-05-30T12:00
RTÉ's London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell, Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Economics Correspondent Sean Whelan look at reaction in London, Brussels and Dublin.
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Mrs May calls it a day - Episode 39 24-5-19 from 2019-05-24T12:00
The UK Prime Minister announced that she is to step down on June 7. How did the long goodbye unfold? Who will come next? And what will it mean for Brexit? RTÉ's London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell,...
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Has Theresa May run out of road? - Brexit Republic Episode38 from 2019-05-17T12:00
Latest Brexit developments from Brussels, Dublin and London
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More to life than Brexit in Sibiu? EP37 from 2019-05-10T12:00
RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly joins the gang from Romania where EU leaders are discussing the post-Brexit future. London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell & Economics Correspondent Sean Whelan discu...
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Tired, jaded and cranky - Brexit Republic Episode 35 from 2019-04-11T12:00
RTÉ Political Correspondent Paul Cunningham in Brussels, London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin in Dublin look at (yet) another Brexit deadline extension from ...
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230 to 58: So far and yet...so far. Brexit Republic 33 from 2019-03-29T12:00
The Withdrawal Agreement gets rejected again, this time only in double figures. So what now? RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Fiona Mitchell & Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mo...
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What A Week...My Dear - Episode 31 from 2019-03-15T12:00
The sinking of MV2, the vote against no-deal, a UK Government whipping against its own motion and a senior EU negotiator who did not take kindly to being 'My Dear'-ed.
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Brexit Republic Ep 25 31/1/2019 from 2019-01-31T12:00
After defending the Withdrawal Agreement as the only deal on the table, UK Prime Minister Theresa May turned against it, directing MP's to vote for it to be amended. There is no room to renegotiat...
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Brexit Republic Episode 24 25/1/2019 from 2019-01-25T12:00
Could a new House of Commons amendment put pressure back on Ireland over the backstop? What does no deal mean for a hard border? (Multiple choice) And how has Davos been tackling Brexit questions? ...
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Brexit Republic Episode 23 from 2019-01-18T13:00
Theresa May suffered a historic humiliation and then won the support of her party and the DUP just 24 hrs later. Will she cling doggedly to the current agreement and hope the ticking clock will bol...
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Brexit Republic Ep 22 18-12-18 from 2018-12-18T13:00
On Thursday, December 13 Sir Ivan Rogers delivered a hard-hitting speech to the University of Liverpool's Heseltine Institute. He had a robust analysis of the current Brexit debate most recent spe...
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Brexit Republic Episode 21 14-12-18 from 2018-12-14T13:00
The Meaningful Vote that never was; the no-confidence vote that answered one question, but raised many more; the European summit and 'that' row over "nebulous" - RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly and...
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Brexit Republic Episode 19 29-11-18 from 2018-11-29T13:00
How are the numbers looking for UK PM Theresa May in the House of Commons for that crucial vote on December 11? And what does Norway Plus mean? RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspon...
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Brexit Republic Episode Eighteen - Special Edition 25-11-18 from 2018-11-25T13:00
For this special Brexit summit edition, the Brexit Republic team unites in Brussels for the summit at which the wording of the Withdrawal Treaty and Political Declaration were endorsed. RTÉ's Europ...
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Brexit Republic Episode 17 22-11-18 from 2018-11-22T13:00
Last week, a Withdrawal Agreement, this week a Political Declaration. A frightening acceleration of developments after two and a half years. RTÉ's Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Edi...
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Brexit Republic Episode 16 16-11-18 from 2018-11-16T13:00
It has been a week of volcanic political drama. After 17 months of talks and dizzying mood swings last week and all weekend, EU and British negotiators (finally?) dramatically sealed the treaty at ...
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