Micheál Martin to meet UK counterpart with protocol deal on cusp of agreement 

Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will speak with UK counterpart James Cleverly in Munich on Friday before travelling to Brussels. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

British prime minister Rishi Sunak is to brief political parties in Northern Ireland today on a protocol deal which is now on the cusp of agreement.

Amid a flurry of last-minute political engagements, Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin will also speak with his UK counterpart James Cleverly in Munich on Friday before travelling to Brussels for a discussion with the EU's chief negotiator Maroš Šefčovič over the weekend.