Taoiseach: We will approach new British prime minister with 'fresh hope' over NI Protocol

Mr Martin said he could not comment on an anonymous quote which said that Ms Truss pulling the "emergency brake" on the Protocol would be like "a mad woman with a gun"

Speaking in Offaly in the hours after Liz Truss  (pictured) was formally made British Prime Minister, Micheál Martin said that while he was "a realist", he hoped that Ms Truss would walk away from the legislation she herself tabled which would allow UK Ministers scrap parts of the Northern Protocol. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The Taoiseach has said that his Government has shown the right "spirit" to the election of Liz Truss as British prime minister.

Ms Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government on Tuesday having prevailed in the Conservative Party leadership election following the resignation of Boris Johnson.