Irish Government needs to ‘get real’ about protocol problems – Donaldson

An anti-Northern Ireland Protocol sign close to Larne Port (Liam McBurney/PA)

The Irish Government needs to “get real” about the problems being caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol, DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has been fiercely critical of the UK Government’s plans to override parts of the international deal which was struck over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements.