For the past year, the DUP, the main unionist party, has refused to sit in Stormont, the Northern Ireland assembly, and to participate in the regional government, as long as the protocol ...

The Northern Ireland Protocol has been at the heart of UK politics for the past few years. Since the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020, the protocol has been a point of friction ...

The Northern Ireland protocol is a special arrangement aiming to ensure the land border between Northern Ireland (which is part of the UK) and the Republic of Ireland (which is an EU member state ...

Protocol campaigner has said the migrant hotels issue represents a "complete collapse" of the UK government's sense of duty ...

Then-PM Johnson suggested the protocol. This would involve putting a trade border down the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and Britain. Goods would be able to pass over the Irish border with ease ...

In the days since the Northern Ireland election, the UK Government has made clear that it is willing to imminently take unilateral action that would scrap or override parts of the protocol.

The protocol had "lost the consent of one community" in Northern Ireland, Frost said, repeating that the UK government may resort to triggering Article 16, suspending the agreement altogether.

The Protocol’s original formulation, that goods entering Northern Ireland from Britain should be deemed guilty of being at risk of crossing the border south until proven innocent, should be ...

The Northern Ireland Protocol is a major aspect of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement which Mr Johnson agreed with the EU, after taking over from Theresa May as prime minister.

The EU will bring forward new proposals for the Northern Ireland Protocol next week, European Commission Vice President Maros Šefčovič has said. He said he hopes they would form the basis for ...

The protocol states that Northern Ireland will remain part of the UK's customs territory - so if the UK signs a free-trade deal with another country, Northern Irish goods would be included.