Each week Brexit Republic will assess the unfolding developments, explain the complexities, and explore where and how Brexit will have an impact.
Latest episodes
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51 min
Windsor Winning
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 Assem…
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33 min
Aiken To Join (1965-69)
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 fro…
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31 min
Protocol Pragmatism
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 Deput…
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31 min
Low Risk Rishi?
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? Eu…
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27 min
Better to have Liz-ed & Lost?
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…
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30 min
The Brit Whisperers
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…
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31 min
The Resurrection
A new British monarch, a new British Prime Minister - a new relationship with the EU? RTÉ Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin & Europe Editor Tony Connelly assess the chances of m…
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42 min
The Second Reading
The Second Reading of the NI Protocol Bill in the House of Commons - how did it go down? Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin & Europe Editor Tony Connelly look at the debate & rea…
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36 min
Podcast: Brexit Republic - Big Deal Or No Big Deal?
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'…
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44 min
Brexit Football - Extra Time
Shifting goal posts, scoreless draws - RTÉ Europe Editor Tony Connelly & Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin review the action in this week Brexit fixtures.
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41 min
Maroš's Mandate
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…
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1 h 12
Ulster Says No (To Broadcast Media)
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 Mac…
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1 h 15
Dormant Stormont?
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 pul…
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45 min
Truss Issues
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…
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1 h 01
Sean's American Wake
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 Tru…
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33 min
1815, 1832, 2021
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…
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15 min
ECJ A-OK?
Governance (a.k.a the role of the European Court of Justice) is no longer a deal-breaker in the EU-UK talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol according to a senior British governmen…
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49 min
'Significant Gaps Remain'
Has the prospect of Article 16 faded? Where are "constructive" talks going? Europe Editor Tony Connelly, London Correspondent Seán Whelan & Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin loo…
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30 min
Bonus 1921 Treaty Episode
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 Trea…
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34 min
Calais
Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at how a tragedy in the English Channel highlighted existing tensions between France and the UK. Guest: Ni…