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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is travelling to Northern Ireland this evening amid growing speculation that a deal between the UK and EU over the controversial post-Brexit protocol is imminent

.One EU diplomat told RTÉ News:"The increasing level of political activity - Sunak in Belfast, Cleverly in Brussels tomorrow, Sunak's meetings in Munich this weekend - all suggest the negotiations are coming to a close and we are nearing the announcement of a deal.

The EU's chief negotiator Maroš Šefčovič and the UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will also have lunch in Brussels tomorrow. The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill includes provisions that would remove the oversight of the European Court of Justice in the region. While it is understood the EU and UK are close to signing off on a deal that would reduce protocol red tape on the movement of goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, there is no expectation that Brussels is willing to agree to ending the application of EU law in the region.

In 2021, the DUP set out seven tests by which it will judge changes to the protocol. Those tests did not include a specific reference to ECJ oversight. "Our view is that they must stick to that approach. Any deal that falls short of dealing with that problem, doesn't meet our seven tests. They knew that and the EU knew that. So, it's really the UK government's choice.

"By failing to proceed with that - as they seem to be now adopting a position of simply making the current protocol work differently - that's not going to suffice. Because they made pledges to people in Northern Ireland in the Command Paper of 2021 and in the Protocol Bill, that they would fundamentally restore democracy and sovereignty to the elected representatives of people in Northern Ireland.

Ms Hanna told BBC Radio Ulster that the DUP should be challenged to explain what the consequences would be if EU law was removed in Northern Ireland. "We know this is hard, compromise is hard, none of the options are particularly brilliant, but just saying 'no' is no longer an option."

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