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MICHELLE O'Neill has described the DUP's block on the restoration of the Stormont institutions as "unfathomable" given the pressures facing families across the north.

The former first minister said his party needed to see delivery on the Government’s Bill to axe parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

ANY move by the British government to withdraw from the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) would represent a "fundamental threat" to the Good Friday Agreement, it was claimed last night.

As Brussels launches retaliatory action over British government plans to unilaterally override the protocol, European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness tells political correspondent John Manley how the Johnson administration's actions are "fuelling a fire" in the north and destroying Anglo-Irish relations.

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin last night urged the British government re-engage with the European Union after Brussels launched a fresh legal action aimed at thwarting UK plans to unilaterally scrap parts of the protocol. The move came less than 48 hours...

An official outlined details of attempts to smuggle drugs, weapons and high-end electrical products into the bloc.

As well as fresh legal action the bloc has fleshed out proposals it says would smooth implementation of post-Brexit trading arrangements.