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According to reports, most northern Ireland sea checks are suspended until the end of September. Reportedly, a British paper published in July seeks an end to all customs formalities including all sanitary and phytosanitary checks and certificates except for goods prelisted as being destined for southern Ireland. The uk are said to want British products not approved by the eu to trade in northern Ireland and to remove the european commision and the european court of justice from having a part in overseeing the protocol. Instead, according to the report they hope to set up their own international arbitration system to deal with any problems.

Reportedly London recently disclosed that 300 medicines currently entering northern Ireland will be discontinued at the end of the current period of grace.

According to reports heroine with an estimated value of €12.3 million was seized at Rosslare europort. The said to be 88kg load of heroine reportedly the largest ever intercepted in the south of Ireland was discovered using an xray machine. According to a report, intelligence, said to be part of an international investigation into the trafficking of heroine by hiding it in plant machinery lead to a truck and loader of plant machinery being selected for inspection on the dockside of Rosslare. The truck and loader had reportedly travelled in a ferry from a european port, not specified.

According to a report more than 5000 mainly women and children from northern Ireland sought asylum in the south following the introduction of internment without trial in August 1971. Reportedly Irish nationalist houses were burned, according to one source from 1969 leading to the first flight of refugees. According to reports they were mainly put in camps in the south and many didn’t settle.

According to a report Britain recently demanded an end to new northern Ireland protocol agreed with the eu. originally designed as an alternative to a customs or regulatory border on the island of Ireland whilst protecting the single market and Ireland’s place in it. Less than two years into the protocol Britain wants to exempt goods destined for northern Ireland from all checks, and is reportedly questioning the oversight 9f the european court. According to the report the new protocol does not affect northern Ireland’s constitutional place as part of the uk, and includes a consent mechanism that allows Stormont to discontinue large parts of the agreement after four years.

According to reports, some border checks specifically animal and animal food products have been postponed, and Britain who have said they want to do their own checks or be involved in a dual authority have asked that the delay continues for an undefined time.

According to a report the AIB who have agreed to buy €4.1 billion of corporate loans are in negotiations to aquire an Ulster bank loan book worth €6.5 billion. Permanent TSB have reportedly confirmed that it intends to acquire 25 Ulster bank branches and €7.6 billion of mortgages and business loans. According to the report PTSB and Ulster bank are reportedly owned by NatWest, and PTSB have signed a memorandum that 400-500 Ulster bank employees transfer.

According to a report, in the 2015 nuclear deal Iran agreed to limit sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of thought to be extensive sanctions. The plan limited Iran’s centrifuges enriching uranium until 2026. Reportedly the u.s. who were buying uranium from Iran pulled out of the deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions. Iran are said to have not stuck to the agreement since, thought to be due to the resuming of sanctions. They were said to have since been selling uranium to Russia.

The 2015 arms embargo allows the u.n. security council to monitor all conventional weapons bound for Iran, which according to the agreement have to be approved in advance. Permission is also required with regard to the selling of nuclear components, said to be based on end user guarantees. The eight year plan is due to terminate in 2023.

According to a report the tánaiste has appointed Catherine Zappone, the minister for children in the former fine gael government as the new foreign minister. The position will entail being a u.n. special envoy reportedly for freedom of opinion and expression. The taoiseach and some m.p.’s were said to be complaining that the post wasn’t advertised, that there was no transparent process and no other applicants. Ms Zappone was reportedly recommended by former minister for foreign affairs Simon Coveney. According to a report the position will include giving the Irish government’s position in a variety of situations abroad but will entail working in a team with the u.n. Also said to be working with the u.n. on Irish human rights issues.

According to a report, amid u.n. condemnations and sanctions against Israel the Israeli alternate prime minister and minister for foreign affairs has recommitted to nato, who reportedly police un. sanctions, in the areas of intelligence, surveillance, maritime and counter terrorism.

Reportedly the u.s. recommend equal rights for all with regard to security, freedom and opportunity, highlight a need for humanitarian and urgent reconstruction in Gaza and recommend a two state solution, though Palestinians live in two enclaves, not connected geographically, and are subject to two different authorities.

According to a report a budget of said to be multimillion euros has been agreed by the government for their Housing for all strategy. The housing budget is part of a national development plan reportedly including the redevelopment of rural towns, retrofitting and planning reform. Revealing the plan scheduled for Tuesday has been delayed until August. According to the report problems are freeing up state owned land and financial matters. The tánaiste said that many billions of additional resources will be allocated to housing and it made sense to allocate the additional money to government departments under the new communities partnership.

According to a report, on Monday British pubs, nightclubs and sports venues were allowed to open and the government removed all social distancing rules and the mandatory wearing of masks. Reportedly it is better to have an exit wave of infections now rather than later, say the government.

According to the report there are 600,000 people self isolating in the uk as close contacts, including the vaccinated. Some of whom are legally obliged to do so. The delta variant now accounts for 99% of covid cases.

Of 1,788 delta positive people admitted to hospital during a period in June/July, 58% were unvaccinated, 23% were fully vaccinated. Reportedly the latest uk data shows that the fatality rate in the unvaccinated is 0.08%. Less deadly than the average flu.