Brexit: Mid and East Antrim council chief sent confidential DUP-advised NI Protocol letter to Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots
The letter was sent to the minister before he and the council chose to withdraw Brexit staff from NI ports over threat fears
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots and Anne Donaghy, chief executive of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
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Mid and East Antrim chief executive Anne Donaghy has been recalled to the agriculture committee hearing Connla Young
Sinn Fein MLA Philip McGuigan. Picture by Mal McCann.
A COUNCIL chief is facing calls to reconsider her position after it emerged DUP MPs advised her to write to the Cabinet Office to voice concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy said she was advised to write the letter by Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson earlier this year.
Details of the confidential correspondence emerged as Ms Donaghy and the council s DUP mayor Peter Johnston gave evidence to Stormont s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee on Thursday.
Mid and East Antrim council chief executive Anne Donaghy Connla Young
Sinn Fein MLA Philip McGuigan
A COUNCIL chief is facing calls to reconsider her position after it emerged DUP MPs advised her to write to the Cabinet Office to voice concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy said she was advised to write the letter by Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson earlier this year.
Details of the confidential correspondence emerged as Ms Donaghy and the council s DUP mayor Peter Johnston gave evidence to Stormont s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee on Thursday.
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A council chief executive was advised by three DUP MPs to write a letter to the UK government about her NI Protocol concerns, it has emerged.
The letter was written two days before that decision, Belfast Live reported.
The BBC understands committee members are considering recalling Ms Donaghy to ask further questions about the letter.
A decision is expected later today. She said in the letter she felt compelled to act to protect staff.
Ms Donaghy also wrote that she was advised to write the letter to the Cabinet Office, which was sent on council-headed notepaper, by three DUP MPs - Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson.
Brexit: Mid and East Antrim council chief asked to consider her position after writing NI Protocol letter on advice of DUP
The Mid and East Antrim council chief is also being recalled to a Stormont committee after Belfast Live revealed the full text
Mid and East Antrim council mayor Peter Johnston and chief executive Anne Donaghy speaking at an Assembly committee
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