Financial firms fleeing Brexit cannot expect the Central Bank to do them any favours to fast-track approvalto operate in Ireland, Minister of State for Finance Services Michael D'Arcy said. Simon Carswell has the details.
Ireland will not be sacrificed by the EU in its efforts to broker a Brexit deal with the UK, competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said, reports Eoin Burke-Kennedy. Amid concerns the proposed backstop arrangement to avoid a hard Border on the island of Ireland may be watered down to facilitate the UK, Ms Vestager said the EU stood firmly behind Ireland on the issue.
Aer Lingus may have to hire up to 380 pilots over the next four years as the airline expands its north Atlantic business, according to some calculations. The Irish carrier, now part of International Consolidated Airlines' Group (IAG) will in coming months receive the first of nine Airbus A32 long-range craft that it is acquiring over the next few years to expand its fleet of 50 planes, writes Barry O'Halloran.
Northern Ireland companies have started issuing protective notices to staff as they escalate their no-deal Brexit contingency plans against the backdrop of growing anxiety over the prospect of a hard Border, industry leaders have said. Francess McDonnell reports.
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