Article 16 could jeopardise North's access to single market — Taoiseach

Micheál Martin said it is not inevitable the British government will trigger the article of the Northern Ireland Protocol

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, in the Dáil, said he wanted to 'sign a note of caution that we don’t automatically assume that anything is going to be triggered'. File picture: Brian Lawless

The North's access to the single market could be “jeopardised” if Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol is triggered, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told the Dáil.

Mr Martin urged caution against the belief that it is a certainty that the British government will move to invoke the article.