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Decision-making being hijacked by utterly incompetent individuals is key issue
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said it was critical the protocol was not unpicked and undermined.
Jeffrey Donaldson said the protocol was damaging the relationship between Britain and Northern Ireland. He made the comments following crunch talks on the protocol between Northern Ireland’s leaders and the UK and EU. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove and European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic held a virtual meeting with First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill on Wednesday evening. Mr Donaldson described the trade difficulties as not just short term, but long term. “That’s why we need not just a short-term fix or tinkering around the edges...
James Cox Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald spoke with Taoiseach Micheál Martin earlier today about the port situation in Northern Ireland. She said that threats against port workers in Belfast and Larne are totally unacceptable and must be lifted immediately so people can return to work. Inspections at Larne and Belfast ports were suspended on Monday after sinister graffiti and reports of intelligence-gathering on inspectors and police stepped up patrols. Lorries arriving at new inspection facilities at Belfast Port on Tuesday morning were turned around and redirected by UK Border Forc...
Speaking ahead of today’s meeting with European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and British Minister Michael Gove MP, Michelle O’Neill says that the Irish Protocol must work and that solutions must be found to support business and other sectors of our economy. While the Protocol is imperfect, it crucially protects the Good Friday Agreement; All-island economy; and avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland. She is calling at today’s meeting for the mechanisms established in the Agreements which relate to the island of Ireland to be convened urgently; including the Spe...