The Irish Government believes a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol is 'doable' before Christmas.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin will meet his British counterpart Rishi Sunak for a formal meeting for the first time today.
The two heads of government briefly met at COP27 in Egypt this week, but today’s meeting is the first time the pair will sit down for an official discussion.Advertisement The body was established after the Good Friday Agreement to build relations between Ireland, England, the devolved governments of the UK and Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey.
Sunak will be the first British Prime Minister to attend the gathering since Gordon Brown in 2007 - Boris Johnson delegated intergovernmental relations to Michael Gove. Mr Sunak's attendance is being seen as a potential thawing of relations between Dublin and London, which Mr Martin has admitted have been frayed at best.The Northern Ireland Protocol and power-sharing are expected to dominate talks; yesterday, the British government announced it would introduce legislation to
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