Significant changes unlikely to the Northern Ireland protocol
The EU has ruled out making significant changes to the Northern Ireland protocol, ahead of a meeting with UK negotiators today. European Commission vice-president, Maros Sefcovic, is travelling to London for talks with his opposite number, Michael Gove. The EU last night said the protocol must be fully…
Minister says young teachers will lose out by staying outside deal
The Minister for Education says young teachers in the ASTI will suffer a permanent financial loss after the union rejected a new pay deal. Richard Bruton says the offer to bring new teacher’s starting salaries to 35,000 euro from 2018 was at the limit of what can be afforded. He…