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The EU-made “crisis” with the Northern Ireland Protocol is an opportunity for Boris Johnson to distract domestic audience from the threat that his Brexit spells for the unity of the United Kingdom, writes Dick Roche. Dick Roche is a former Fianna Fáil politician. He was the minister of state for European affairs when Ireland conducted the two referendums on the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union, in 2008 and 2009. On New Year’s Eve, as the United Kingdom was finally severing its 47 y...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister was speaking after the EU moved to stop the unimpeded flow of vaccines into the region.

Arlene Foster urges Boris Johnson to replace NI protocol Nadeem Badshah Replay Video (Video by Press Association) Northern Ireland’s first minister, Arlene Foster, has urged Boris Johnson to replace the NI protocol after the EU sparked a dispute over vaccine controls. The EU caused outrage on Friday evening when it invoked article 16 of the post-Brexit mechanism to stop the unimpeded flow of vaccines from the European bloc into the region. But it later abruptly reversed the mo...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister was speaking after the EU moved to stop the unimpeded flow of vaccines into the region.

Submitting... Arlene Foster said it was an "absolutely incredible act of hostility towards those of us in Northern Ireland". "Its absolutely disgraceful, and I have to say the Prime Minister now needs to act very quickly to deal with the real trade flows that are being disrupted between Great Britain and Northern Ireland," she told BBC Radio 4s Today programme. The DUP leader reiterated calls for Mr Johnson to enact Article 16 of the protocol over delays being face by hauliers. "Weve been askin...

How the Northern Ireland Protocol has been become an issue in coronavirus vaccine delivery First Minister Arlene Foster has urged Boris Johnson to replace Article 16 Updated A main road outside Newry pointing towards an old customs station near the border (Image: Getty) Want the biggest politics stories sent to you every week? Simply sign up here and well do the restInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to...

Q&A: The EU’s AstraZeneca vaccine dispute and U-turn explained The European Union has retreated from a plan to override part of the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland over export controls on coronavirus vaccines NHS staff prepare to administer a Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (Peter Byrne/PA) Sat, 30 Jan, 2021 - 14:18 Emma Bowden and Tom Eden, PA The European Union has retreated from a plan to override part of the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland over export controls on coronavirus vaccines...

A Banquet of Ringforts Michael Smith reviews ‘The Men who eat Ringforts’ by Sinéad Mercier and Michael Holly, featuring Eddie Lenihan The title of the delightful ‘The Men Who Eat Ringforts’ gratifyingly, replicates the headline for a typically incisive article by Tony Lowes published in this magazine in 2010. It complained that there was no legal protection for ringforts. Sinead Mercier grew up in An Cheathrú Rua and got a first-class honours law degree from Trinity. She was the pri...