DUP not boycotting north-south meetings over Protocol, insists Arlene Foster

Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster. File Picture

The DUP leader has said it is “simply not the case” that her party is boycotting north-south political meetings in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Arlene Foster’s comments came as other executive parties held a series of meetings on Monday to discuss two DUP no-shows at sectoral meetings of the north-south Ministerial Council in recent weeks.