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Pets and the Northern Ireland Protocol
6 July 2021
Before the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, FactCheckNI published a fact check on the claim that pet owners travelling from Northern Ireland Economy
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Can 45 NI Assembly members vote together to revoke and remove the Northern Ireland Protocol?
18 May 2021
The Assembly cannot simply vote and “the Protocol goes”. By December 2024, the Assembly will vote on whether to continue with or withdraw consent for
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Are UK passports produced by non-UK companies?
9 March 2021
The new (blue) UK passport is produced by Thales Group (headquartered in France). However, passports will be personalised with the holder’s details in the UK.
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Does Belfast/Good Friday Agreement forbid cross-border barriers?
7 September 2020
The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement does not exclude governments’ border measures, but aims for ‘normal security arrangements’. The UK Withdrawal Agreement seeks to minimise physical borderEconomy
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Does Belfast/Good Friday Agreement forbid cross-border barriers?
7 September 2020
The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement does not exclude governments’ border measures, but aims for ‘normal security arrangements’. The UK Withdrawal Agreement seeks to minimise physical border
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Peace
Do more than 700,000 born in Northern Ireland have an Irish passport?
5 March 2020
831,779 Irish passport applications (2010-19) represents 44.7% of the Northern Ireland-born population living in the UK at the time of the 2011 Censuses. On the
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Is there 51% support for Ireland unity?
6 December 2019
This claim is accurate. Although the Sinn Fein manifesto didn’t declare the exclusion of “don’t knows”, this revises a 45/46/9 split to a rounded 49/51
Europe
Does Brexit deal mean no forms to access Great Britain?
12 November 2019
While no customs export declaration forms would be required (as Northern Ireland will remain in a UK-wide customs area), exit summary declarations will be required
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Europe
Do 40% of Unionists support a potential Irish Sea trade border?
27 August 2019
This claim is inaccurate. 15% of unionists in a LucidTalk poll in August 2019 said there should be a “Northern Ireland specific backstop.” 81% of Europe
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Law
Brexit box viral graphic fact check
22 August 2019
A graphic about what actions have been made by the European Union and the UK, respectively, since negotiations for the UK to leave the EU
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Europe
A cross-border business transaction every 6 seconds?
16 July 2019
There was a cross-border commercial vehicle journey every 6.74 seconds in 2016. But there are no known data on cross-border business transactions. On 25 June
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