‘Solution on Northern Ireland Protocol needed before Assembly elections’

The British Foreign Secretary has taken charge of the negotiations on the protocol after David Frost’s resignation from the Government last month

Irish EU commissioner Mairead McGuinness has said the UK and Brussels must find a solution to the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol before the Assembly elections later this year (Niall Carson/PA)

Ireland’s EU commissioner has said Britain and Brussels must find a solution to the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol before the Assembly elections later this year.

Mairead McGuinness, the EU financial services commissioner, said on Tuesday that she hopes the appointment of Liz Truss to the role of Brexit negotiator will bring some “pragmatism to the situation”.