Stormont minister denies stoking loyalist tensions by halting work on Irish Sea port checks

Gordon Lyons during the daily media broadcast. Picture: PressEye

Stormont’s Agriculture Minister has denied stoking loyalist tensions by halting work on Irish Sea port checks.

Gordon Lyons rejected suggestions his bid to undermine the Northern Ireland Protocol, and similar moves by other unionists politicians, were contributing to a febrile atmosphere where threats and intimidation were on the increase.