Sinn Féin warns Government against triggering Article 16 of NI Protocol

Many unionists claim the Brexit checks on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are undermining the region’s place within the UK (Liam McBurney/PA)

Any move by the UK Government to suspend the Northern Ireland Protocol would be reckless and inflict damage on the region’s economy, a Sinn Fein minister has warned.

Finance Minister Conor Murphy said triggering the Article 16 mechanism to suspend elements of the post-Brexit protocol would make the job of resolving issues with the Irish Sea trading arrangements more difficult.