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THE REPUBLIC of Ireland was left horrified after the EU imposed Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol amid a coronavirus vaccine supply row.

BORIS JOHNSON is facing growing calls to scrap the Northern Ireland protocol, with Arlene Fosters online petition surging towards 100,000 votes, at which point it will trigger a debate in the House of Commons.

Ridge questioned the irresponsible EU move over the vaccine row (Image: SKY NEWS) The Sky News host continued: "The EU insisted on how important it was to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland, and yet just a couple of weeks after they sign the deal, they unilaterally create one without telling anyone. "Its pretty irresponsibly, isnt it?" Mr Blair responded: "Yes, it was a very foolish thing to do and fortunately they withdrew it very quickly. "I was somebody who negotiated the Good Frid...

Politicians across Ireland and the UK were left blindsided by the move by the EU over concerns about the supply of Covid vaccines.

First Minister Arlene Foster has denounced the EU decision 30 January, 2021 01:00 A MOVE last night by the EU to prevent Northern Ireland from being used as a back door to funnel coronavirus vaccine from the bloc into the rest of the UK has been branded an "incredible act of hostility" by the DUP. Stormont First Minister Arlene Fosters comments came as the EUs triggered Article 16 of Brexits Northern Ireland Protocol to stop unfettered flow of inoculations from the EU i...

THE BBCs Laura Kuenssberg warned EC President Von der Leyen that EU member states are not happy after Brussels attempted to use Article 16 to block vaccine exports to Northern Ireland.