NI Protocol Bill ‘testing and fraying’ Irish and British partnership – Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheal Martin (PA)

Controversial legislation that would empower UK ministers to take unilateral action over the Northern Ireland Protocol is “testing and fraying” the partnership between Ireland and Britain, the Taoiseach has said.

Micheál Martin warned in a speech to the British-Irish Association conference in Oxford that the move risks “further instability” in the North, saying it will damage key sectors of the economy.