A judge in Belfast on Friday suspended an order by Northern Ireland s agriculture minister to halt border checks on goods from the rest of the U.K. that were imposed under the Brexit agreement struck between the U.K. and the European Union.
Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister on Wednesday ordered a halt to post-Brexit border checks at ports, another complication in a saga that has soured relations between the UK and the European Union. Edwin Poots said he had received legal advice saying he could halt inspections of agri-food products coming from the…
The 499-kilometer Irish border wasn't originally intended to be an international frontier. Since the Republic of Ireland was created, the situation at the border has mirrored the changing nature of Anglo-Irish relations.
Ireland's EU commissioner says the halting of border checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea would break the UK's Brexit deal with the bloc, and international law.