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By Conor Macauley
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image captionMid and East Antrim Council withdraw staff from inspection duties at Larne Port on 1 February
Trade unionists have denied claims they told council officials that car registrations of Larne Port staff conducting Brexit checks were recorded.
Department of Agriculture port staff were also stood down from some work.
Nipsa s Alan Law told Stormont s Agriculture Committee that he felt union concerns raised about threatening graffiti had been embellished.
Graffiti opposing the Irish Sea border had been painted in some areas of Northern Ireland, including in Larne, in the run up to the withdrawal of port staff.
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Long runs the fox as Shared Environmental Services (SES) continues to evade calls to provide evidence to a key Stormont Committee.
Previously staff working for the Stormont committee said it has been “difficult” to get responses from the environmental planning quango.
During the meeting on February 11, the committee warned it could be forced to use its legal powers to compel SES to attend.
In the most recent meeting (held on February 18) members heard that despite further efforts by the committee clerk to contact the organisation, no response had been received.
The clerk explained she had offered the three dates following immediately after the Assembly’s Easter Recess, which ends on April 11. The dates were April 15, 22 and 29.
Edwin Poots pictured on Hollowbridge Farm in May 2020. Image source: Simon Graham
Former Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has returned to his duties as an MLA.
However, it could still be a few more weeks before he picks up his ministerial role again.
Poots stood down as the region’s agriculture minister three weeks ago to facilitate cancer treatment with East Antrim MLA Gordon Lyons to stand in temporarily.
Quick return
Many had expected it could be several months before Poots returns to his duties.
However, he made his post-operation debut on Tuesday (February 23), at a Stormont debate on Covid-19 restrictions.