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The EU s bid to override part of the Northern Ireland protocol on Brexit was met with astonishment and then fury in London, Belfast and Dublin.
Ireland s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney today acknowledged it was a mistake that shouldn t have happened .
Mr Coveney said European Commission was wrong to consider triggering Article 16 without first consulting the UK and EU member state Ireland.
He said: I think it was a mistake that everybody recognises should not have happened.
Trending I mean in simple terms, you do not touch the protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland without full consultation with the people who are most impacted by it.
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