Simon Coveney welcomes resolution in Brexit medicines row

Protocol talks are set to resume in January when efforts will intensify to resolve the areas of dispute.

Simon Coveney: 'The EU and the UK are partners with shared values and shared global challenges so it is time to change gear and bring our partnership to the level on which it belongs.' Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Simon Coveney has welcomed an agreement between the EU and the UK to secure the supply of medicines into Northern Ireland.

The EU has announced proposed laws to assist the free flow of medicines from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, in a move it said would create momentum to resolve other disputes over Brexit’s Irish Sea border.