The Taoiseach acknowledged “the concerns of the unionist community are sincere”.
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson meeting Taoiseach Michael Martin at Government Buildings, Dublin. Image: Julien Behal/PA DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson meeting Taoiseach Michael Martin at Government Buildings, Dublin. Image: Julien Behal/PA DUP LEADER JEFFREY Donaldson has urged the quick resolution to unionist issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol.
The Lagan Valley MP said he warned the Taoiseach that unionists “cannot be expected to work as normal” with Ireland when Northern Ireland’s relationship with the rest of the UK is “being harmed on a daily basis” by the protocol. “But I indicated as well that the mechanisms are there in the UK-EU trade agreement to resolve these issues and the issues around the protocol,” he said. We do need to see similar flexibility from the UK Government side. Unionists are strongly opposed to the impact on the additional checks under the protocol on trade between Northern Ireland and Britain, arguing it places a border down the Irish Sea.
Donaldson said he told the Taoiseach that unionist concerns over the protocol are growing, and of the potential for it to cause further political harm later in the year.
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