Liz Truss ‘can strike sensible compromise on NI Protocol if she softens stance’

Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said he hoped Liz Truss' premiership could herald a “change in direction” for UK/Irish relations after recent years of tension over Brexit and the protocol.

Liz Truss can achieve a “sensible compromise” on the Northern Ireland Protocol if she softens her approach on the contentious post-Brexit trading arrangements, Simon Coveney has said.

The Foreign Affairs Minister said political leaders in Dublin and Brussels are hopeful Ms Truss will adopt a less strident stance on the protocol if, as expected, she becomes the new UK prime minister.