DUP MPs advise council chief to write NI protocol concern letter Mayor of Mid and East Antrim council Peter Johnston and chief executive Anne Donaghy Connla Young
Sinn Fein MLA Philip McGuigan
A COUNCIL chief executive was advised by three DUP MPs to write a letter to a British government department voicing concern about the Northern Ireland Protocol two days before staff were withdrawn from Brexit checks at Larne port.
Mid and East Antrim council chief executive Anne Donaghy says she advised to pen the letter by DUP MPs Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson earlier this year.
Both Mr Wilson and Mr Paisley are MPs in Ms Donaghy s council area while Mr Donaldson represents the Lagan Valley constituency.
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A council chief executive was advised by three DUP MPs to write a letter to the UK government about her NI Protocol concerns, it has emerged.
The letter was written two days before that decision, Belfast Live reported.
The BBC understands committee members are considering recalling Ms Donaghy to ask further questions about the letter.
A decision is expected later today. She said in the letter she felt compelled to act to protect staff.
Ms Donaghy also wrote that she was advised to write the letter to the Cabinet Office, which was sent on council-headed notepaper, by three DUP MPs - Sammy Wilson, Ian Paisley and Jeffrey Donaldson.
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The Mid and East Antrim council chief is also being recalled to a Stormont committee after Belfast Live revealed the full text
Mid and East Antrim council mayor Peter Johnston and chief executive Anne Donaghy speaking at an Assembly committee
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PSNI had no evidence of threat to Larne Port staff insists senior policeman STRONG WORDS Mid and East Antrim council mayor Peter Johnston and chief executive Anne Donaghy appear before Stormont’s agriculture committee yesterday. During the hearing, Mr Johnston said he feels let down by the PSNI over the withdrawal of staff from post-Brexit checks at Larne Port Connla Young
ACC Bobby Singleton
A SENIOR PSNI officer has repeated that there was no information to support claims of a paramilitary threat to staff at Larne Port earlier this year.
Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Bobby Singleton spoke out after the DUP mayor of Mid and East Antrim Peter Johnston said he feels “badly let down” by police around the withdrawal of staff from post-Brexit checks at Larne Port.