Call for review of 'vexatious' NI Protocol after problems with customs checks

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Suspending checks on animal and food items crossing the Irish Sea has exposed failings in the Northern Ireland Protocol, with calls for an urgent overhaul of the agreement.

The Northern Ireland parliament in Stormont announced on Tuesday that Brexit checks on animal and food products crossing from Great Britain into Northern Ireland had been suspended after an “upsurge in sinister and menacing behaviour in recent weeks”.

Peter MacSwiney, forwarding industry representative and customs software provider, said: “Throughout the Brexit process, the controversy was ...