DUP s Edwin Poots defends decision to withdraw Brexit staff from Larne and Belfast ports
The DUP leader, who opposes the NI Protocol, denied the threat fears were exaggerated for political reasons
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Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots at a Stormont committee
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One of the many consequences of Brexit is the creation of a customs border in the Irish Sea, a move that for some in Northern Ireland has awakened old unionist fears of separation from the mainland.…
Poots wants more ‘jaw-jaw amid tensions over absence from north-south meetings Taoiseach Micheal Martin (right) meeting with DUP Leader Edwin Poots (centre) and DUP MLA Paul Given at Government Buildings, Dublin. Picture date: Thursday June 3, 2021. Julien Behal Photography Jonathan McCambridge, David Young and Rebecca Black, PA 03 June, 2021 19:19
Taoiseach Micheal Martin waves goodbye to DUP leader Edwin Poots and MLA Paul Givan, after their meeting at Government Buildings, Dublin,. Picture date: Thursday June 3, 2021.
New DUP leader Edwin Poots has played down the possibility of facing a judicial review over his party’s failure to attend north-south meetings.
Following a meeting of the Stormont party leaders’ forum on Thursday, Mr Poots called for more “jaw-jaw” and less “war-war”.
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