Legal case against DUP ‘boycott’ of north-south meetings to return to court

A legal challenge against a DUP boycott of north-south political structures is set to return to court after Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots failed to participate in two cross-border meetings (Peter Morrison/PA)

A legal challenge against a DUP boycott of north-south political structures is set to return to court after one of the party’s ministers failed to participate in two cross-border meetings.

The unionist party has vowed to disengage from the structures of the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC), apart from meetings on health issues, as part of its protest against Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.