DUP leaders meet loyalists amid anger over Northern Ireland Protocol

Graffiti reading ‘No Irish Sea border’ near Belfast City centre (David Young/PA)

DUP leader Arlene Foster has met with a representative group for loyalist paramilitaries over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

It comes amid anger among loyalists at new checks on goods arriving at ports, with claims an economic wedge has been driven between the region and the rest of the UK which undermines the Union.