Taoiseach hopeful of early meeting with new British prime minister

Relations between London, Dublin and Brussels remain strained over the protocol deal that the UK and EU agreed in 2019 as a way to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland

Taoiseach Micheal Martin. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has expressed hope of an early meeting with the incoming British prime minister as he signalled a desire to strengthen British Irish relations amid the ongoing impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Mr Martin stressed the need for a political resolution that would ensure powersharing returns to Northern Ireland.