NI Ministers seek legal advice on halting expansion of port checks

A Stena Line ferry in Belfast Port as processes on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will be kept to an ‘absolute minimum’ following the end of the Brexit transition period (PA)

Stormont ministers are to resume debate on a contentious proposal to stall work on new Brexit port checkpoints following fractious exchanges on the issue.

It is understood agriculture minister Edwin Poots is seeking to halt construction of the new Irish Sea infrastructure following the British Government’s legislative move to guarantee unfettered access throughout the UK’s internal market.