DUP realises its Brexit mistake too late

NORTHERN IRELAND’s DUP party has done a humiliating U-turn on Brexit. First Minister, Arlene Foster, and her party, campaigned vigorously in favour of the UK leaving the European Union, without giving due consideration to what that would mean for the North’s economy.

Despite the DUP’s stance, the people of Northern Ireland voted to remain within the EU, but, like voters in Scotland, will be forced out as a result of the overall UK vote to leave.

Now, the reality has dawned on the DUP that leaving the EU will have profound, negative implications for Northern Ireland.