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Swapping blue passports for passport blues, Brexit Britain's buyer’s remorse

Wait, this isn’t the Brexit that I voted for! That's the new and unintentionally funny catch phrase being voiced by outraged Brits across the internet.

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Irish ambassador says Brexit negotiations are “at halftime”

The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union began Jan.31 with Britain’s formal withdrawal.

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Bertie Ahern says a United Ireland is 'possible' this decade

Former Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) says that a United Ireland is possible in the next ten years and that a border poll is inevitable in this decade. Ahern also said that the vote would fail if it happened today.

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Northern Ireland's new Secretary comments on Irish border post-Brexit

Brandon Lewis, the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, said unequivocally that there would be no border down the Irish Sea in the aftermath of Brexit.

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Boris Johnson sacks Northern Ireland secretary over Brexit clash

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sacked Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Julian Smith just weeks after he helped to restore power-sharing in Stormont. Smith's dismissal has caused widespread shock on both sides of the border.

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The Economist publication says Irish unification becoming likely

Brexit and Ireland's recent General Election are helping to push the cause of Irish unity even further, argues The Economist.

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Brexit Britain and Ireland could still clash over ownership of Rockall in Atlantic

A Donegal Independent candidate has warned that tensions could flare up over the waters of Rockall as a potential Brexit deal is discussed between Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Northern Ireland

Northern Irish police investigate dissident republican Brexit day bomb plot

A dissident republican bomb believed to be intended for mainland Britain was found in a lorry in a Co Armagh industrial estate on Monday, according to the PSNI.

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Leading journalist renounces his British citizenship, takes Irish after Brexit

Leading journalist and author John Cooney has renounced his British citizenship post-Brexit.

Politics

Leo Varadkar says goodbye to “old friend” UK on Brexit Day

As the Taoiseach bids farewell to the UK on Brexit Day, other Irish politicians look at the UK's exit in the scope of the upcoming Irish general election.

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Saint Patrick was a forced migrant worker brought to Ireland as a teenager

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The Irishmen in George Washington's army remembered on the Founding Father's birthday

Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery held its first burial on this day in 1832

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