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A spokesman said: “We are fully committed to the Good Friday Belfast Agreement and to the proper implementation of the protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland – protecting the gains of the peace process, protecting and maintaining stability and avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.” EU and UK officials are due to meet this week to discuss potential solutions for ending the tensions in the region. Customs officials were forced to withdraw from Northern Ireland ports after threa...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen admits the EU made mistakes in its approach to the coronavirus vaccine rollout.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the European Union undermined the Northern Ireland Protocol by triggering an emerging provision in the Brexit Protocol in a bid to control COVID-19 vaccine efforts.  “Our commitment to the people of Northern Ireland and our Union is unshakeable. Recent EU moves have undermined the Protocol & understandably provoked concern”, Johnson wrote in a Twitter post on Tuesday.  “Let me underline that, now & in the future, Northern Ireland’s place in t...

Frozen carrots and diggers covered in mud have caused huge difficulties for haulage companies trying to get supplies into Northern Ireland. Local companies have been forced to complete a raft of new documentation on goods coming into Northern Ireland as part of the NI Protocol, which is part of the Withdrawal Agreement. The protocol is designed to allow the free movement of goods from the EU into Northern Ireland, preventing the need for a hard border but it has led to a de facto Irish Sea bord...

Lord Dodds has warned the EU has set a precedent after it invoked Article 16 of the Brexit Protocol over the supply of Covid vaccines.

Lord Dodds has warned the EU has set a ‘precedent’ after it briefly triggered Article 16 of the Brexit Protocol over the supply of covid vaccines.

AstraZeneca has agreed to provide an extra nine million vaccine doses to the EU, the bloc has announced, after an extraordinary export ban row.  The British-Swedish manufacturer will provide 40 million doses for the EU by the end of March - still only half of what it had originally promised.  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said late Sunday that AstraZeneca will also begin deliveries one week sooner than scheduled and expand its manufacturing capacity in Europe.  Prime Min...

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said he had been given no advance notice of the intention by the EU to trigger Article 16 of the Brexit Protocol on Friday.

Alliance MP Stephen Farry hit back last night at DUP criticism of his party over the controversial Brexit Protocol, saying they were "rolling up their sleeves" to mitigate disruption to commerce between Britain and Northern Ireland.