Irish Sea checking process in Northern Ireland could be overwhelmed by added bureaucracy when a grace period covering supermarket goods lapses, a Stormont minister has warned.
Tensions were high on Wednesday evening at a meeting of the UK and EU Joint Committee, which ended in Arlene Foster blasting European officials as “tone deaf”. Northern Ireland’s first minister said she did not have “high expectations [beforehand]. given the attitude of the European Commission thus far”, but was still shocked by Brussels’ “stubborn and inflexible response” to issues surrounding the protocol. Speaking to the BBC afterwards, Ms.