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The DUP’s Paul Givan has resigned as the North’s First Minister in protest against the Northern I...

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09.33 4 Feb 2022


The DUP says No Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney responds


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The DUP’s Paul Givan has resigned as the North’s First Minister in protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol. It comes after the Assembly’s Minister of Agriculture and DUP MLA Edwin Poots instructed officials not to carry out checks on goods coming into the North citing legal advice. With reaction, Shane was joined on the show this morning by  Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.

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