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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 years of a pretty joyless EU relationship, Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon posted a mess...

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 move following condemnation from London, Belfast and Dublin. Foster described the move as an “absolu...

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". "It's 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 4's Today programme. The DUP leader reiterated calls for Mr Johnson to enact Article 16 of the protocol over delays being face by hauliers. "We've been asking the PM to deal with the flow problems and indeed, since January 1, we've been trying to manage ...