Triggering Article 16 ‘mistake that shouldn’t have happened’ – Simon Coveney

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney arrives at Dublin Castle for a cabinet meeting.

The EU’s bid to override part of the Northern Ireland protocol on Brexit was “a mistake that shouldn’t have happened”, the Foreign Minister said.

On Friday night the EU was forced into an embarrassing U-turn after invoking Article 16 of the protocol in a bid to control the flow of vaccines from the bloc.