Rural Life
Approximately 100 lorry drivers took part in a convoy across the Northern Irish border from Co. Donegal to Co. Derry over the weekend.
Agri Politics
If Ireland has full alignment then the country will also have to have a level playing-field and agreement on the rules of the single market.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the leaked UK proposals regarding customs posts on both sides of the Northern Irish border.
Agri-Business
The latest proposals made by the UK have been labelled a "non-starter" by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.
A proposal has been put forward by the UK which would see a number of customs posts established on both sides of the Northern Irish border.
BCAB has warned this week that farmers living and working along the border are in "very serious trouble" because of Brexit.
Concerns for the future of farming along Ireland's border region in the aftermath of Brexit have been brought to the fore this week.
Border Communities Against Brexit (BCAB) was established in the autumn of 2016 – shortly after the Brexit referendum took place.
A tractor dealer on the border says Brexit is probably one of the worst storms that his business has had to bear.
N.Ireland
Recent reports confirm that a hard Brexit will be a doomsday scenario for farming and all-Ireland trade, Sinn Féin's Declan McAleer says.
The UK and EU can do a deal without checks on the Northern Irish border, according to new Prime Minister of the UK Boris Johnson.
The publication of the European Union's proposed legal text on the Brexit border question has been welcomed by the president of the ICMSA.
The UK government's position on customs controls on the Northern Irish border post-Brexit is impractical, former minister, Dick Roche says.
The UK's proposals for future customs arrangements do not go far enough to ensure the continuation of free trade according to ICOS.
