Read more at The Guardian.
Ireland reaps €700m Brexit bonanza from customs duties
Dublin records near-doubling of tax revenue from duties on imports of clothing, food and other goods from Great Britain
Ireland has landed a €700m (£600m) Brexit bonanza with a steep increase in tax revenues flowing from customs duties now applicable to imports of clothing, food and other goods from Great Britain.
Before Brexit, Britain enjoyed customs-free exports to Ireland and the rest of the EU because it was part of the single market and customs union.
Continue reading...Date: |
Sort by
Filter
Date
Items per page
-
UK's puffin protection laws at centre of post Brexit row
The endangered puffin - one of Britain’s most iconic seabirds - is at the centre of a battle over the UK’s post Brexit freedoms.BBC News - Top stories -
Belfast judge says parts of the UK's migrant deportation law shouldn't apply to Northern Ireland
Yahoo News - World -
Prince William makes a surprise BAFTA TV Awards appearance after recent return to public duties
Prince William, out of the public eye until recently caring for wife Kate, congratulated TV presenter and kids' advocate Floella Benjamin at the BAFTA TV Awards.Los Angeles Times - Entertainment -
Call Of Duty Patch Notes Reveal Bug Fixes, Changes, Weapon Tuning, And More
The newest patches for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Warzone have arrived, ushering in the latest changes to the popular multiplayer shooters.. Starting with Modern Warfare III, players can expect a variety of bug fixes and a new feature. ...GameSpot - Tech -
Brexit border IT outages delay import of perishable items to UK by up to 20 hours
Lorries carrying meat, cheese and cut flowers held up by new checks, with retailers rejecting some orders. Lorries carrying perishable food and plants from the EU are being held for up to 20 hours at the UK’s busiest Brexit border post as failures ...The Guardian - World - United Kingdom -
Philadelphia Customs officers intercept package containing 60 dead butterflies
The package, which was en route from Portugal to Wayne County, Pennsylvania, contained 60 dead butterflies but no documentation, officials say.CBS News - Top stories -
HMRC customer service ‘in declining spiral’, says UK spending watchdog
National Audit Office finds taxpayers collectively spent 800 years on hold to agency in 2022-23Financial Times - World - United Kingdom
More from The Guardian
-
Russia-Ukraine war live: Volodymyr Zelenskiy postpones all foreign trips amid Russian advances in Kharkiv region
Ukrainian president postpones trips as Ukraine forced to pull back troops near several villages in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. Here are some of the latest images from the newswires:. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak dismissed ...The Guardian - World - Russia -
Revealed: Rwanda genocide war crimes tribunal wraps up mission after 29 years
Exclusive: Last two fugitives are deemed to be dead, ending a remarkable exercise in international justice. The war crimes tribunal for Rwanda has accounted for the last remaining fugitives indicted for genocide, bringing to an end the court’s ...The Guardian - World -
Nato calls Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill ‘step in wrong direction’ after mass protests in Tbilisi – Europe live
Nato says controversial bill takes Georgia further away from Europe and urges country to change direction and accept peaceful protest. Georgia ‘returning to the past’ with foreign agents law, says presidentSalome Zourabichvili, Georgia’s ...The Guardian - World -
Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say
Free-roaming animals reintroduced in Romania’s Țarcu mountains are stimulating plant growth and securing carbon stored in the soil while grazing. A herd of 170 bison reintroduced to Romania’s Țarcu mountains could help store CO2 emissions ...The Guardian - World -
New Caledonia: three dead in French territory in unrest over voting change
More than 130 arrested amid unrest over plan to increase the number of French nationals eligible to vote in Pacific territory. Three people have been killed in unrest in New Caledonia, as rioting continued and shops and schools remained shut after ...The Guardian - World