Travellers arriving to Ireland from Austria, the United Arab Emirates and sub-Saharan African countries are to be subject to a 14-day mandatory quarantine, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said.
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PublishedFeb 3, 2021, 3:27 pm SGT
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Staff carrying out post-Brexit checks at Northern Irish ports have been intimidated amid rising tensions in the region in the wake of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, a development Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has condemned as “sinister”.
The issue prompted the EU on Tuesday to temporarily withdraw its staff deployed in Northern Ireland to oversee the checks, while local officials were pulled out on Monday – meaning checks were suspended at the Belfast and Larne ports.
Many pro-British unionists fiercely oppose the new trade barriers introduced between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom as part of the Northern Ireland protocol – a standalone deal for the region which came into effect after the UK left the EU.
But Brussels U-turned after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish premier Micheal Martin held emergency talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The Bow Group has claimed the EU were severely behind in the vaccination process due to “their incompetence”.
The UK’s oldest Conservative think tank said the Bloc had threatened irredeemably severe risk to British lives due to the restrictions which were introduced.
They pointed out that because the EU Parliament have yet to ratify the Brexit deal “there is no reason [for the UK[ to abide by it] following the vaccine row.
Ms VDL had talks with Boris Johnson on Friday (Image: GETTY)