Live Breaking News & Updates on Northern Ireland Agriculture Department Daera

BBC News
By Luke Sproule
image captionThe first lorries to cross the sea border arrived in NI on 4 January
Staff working for Northern Ireland s Agriculture Department (Daera) at border posts at Larne and Belfast ports are returning to work on Wednesday, more than a week after the department temporarily suspended physical checks at the ports.
BBC News NI examines the events leading up to checks first being suspended and what has happened since.
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