UK Prime Boris Johnson is visiting Northern Ireland today to meet the leaders of the main political parties at Stormont. The DUP has been pressing the British government to take unilateral action on the Northern Ireland Protocol, while our Government, the EU and the US have all been warning against it.

Paul Johnston, the UK Ambassador to Ireland joined Kieran to discuss the on going situation and what progress has been made. 

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