UK ministers have created a 'red line' barrier to negotiations with EU, says Simon Coveney

Responding to Mr Coveney, UK Brexit Minister David Frost said he preferred 'not to do negotiations by twitter'

Simon Coveney. File Picture: Dan Linehan

Foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney has questioned whether UK ministers are actually in favour of an agreement in negotiations with the European Union around the Northern Ireland protocol.

In a tweet this morning, Mr Coveney said Westminister created a new "red line" barrier to progress that it knows the European Union cannot move on.