Foster urges Boris Johnson to replace Northern Ireland Protocol after vaccine row

Arlene Foster (Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has pressed  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to replace the NI Protocol after the EU sparked a dispute over vaccine controls.

The EU caused outrage on Friday evening when it invoked Article 16 of the post-Brexit mechanism, to stop the unimpeded flow of vaccines from the European bloc into the region.