'Reducing friction' key to Northern Ireland relationship, says Taoiseach 

Recently-elected leader of the DUP Edwin Poots bumps elbows with Taoiseach Micheál Martin as he and DUP MLA Paul Givan exit Government Buildings in Dublin. Picture: Sam Boal

The Taoiseach said the focus needs to be on "getting issues resolved and on reducing friction where we can" in his first meeting with the new DUP leader.

Edwin Poots visited Dublin yesterday to meet Micheál Martin for the first time as leader, telling media before the meeting began that the Northern Ireland protocol was "unworkable".