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A COUNCIL chief is facing calls to reconsider her position after it emerged DUP MPs advised her to write to the Cabinet Office to voice concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy said she was advised to write the letter by Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson earlier this year.
Details of the confidential correspondence emerged as Ms Donaghy and the council s DUP mayor Peter Johnston gave evidence to Stormont s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee on Thursday.
Mid and East Antrim council chief executive Anne Donaghy Connla Young
Sinn Fein MLA Philip McGuigan
A COUNCIL chief is facing calls to reconsider her position after it emerged DUP MPs advised her to write to the Cabinet Office to voice concerns about the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy said she was advised to write the letter by Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson earlier this year.
Details of the confidential correspondence emerged as Ms Donaghy and the council s DUP mayor Peter Johnston gave evidence to Stormont s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs committee on Thursday.
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Unionists have hit out at a £5m bill facing Mid and East Antrim Borough Council to provide additional staff at Larne Port in order for it to meet obligations in relation to checks from the end of the grace period.
The council confirmed on Friday that it could be required to provide 72 full-time staff in order to ensure the checks process could operate smoothly from this autumn.
The Government has unilaterally extended grace periods limiting bureaucracy linked to the Northern Ireland Protocol until October.
They had been due to expire at the end of March.
A council spokesperson said: Data has been provided to Council by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), and assuming there are no changes, they have advised Council that potentially each shift at Larne Port would require a total of 17 officers.