Unilateral move by UK on protocol could undermine peace process, Coveney warns

Simon Coveney said the UK and EU need to work together to solve the issues (PA)

Ripping up the Northern Ireland Protocol could undermine the peace process and send headlines around the world that the UK Government breaks laws, the foreign affairs minister has warned.

Simon Coveney said there is a need to address unionist concerns about post-Brexit trading arrangements that have created economic barriers in the Irish Sea, but he highlighted that a majority of voters in Northern Ireland backed the protocol.