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Northern Ireland Business Community Voices Concerns Over Political Uncertainty

Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 2:20 pm
by claireokc
Business leaders in Northern Ireland have expressed concerns over the continuing political uncertainty following Thursday’s local elections and have called for the reestablishment of a fully functioning government for the region. Northern Ireland has not had a functioning local government since February, when the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), then the largest party in the regional assembly, withdrew from the power-sharing executive. The DUP’s move was intended as part of its protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol of the UK–EU agreement on post-Brexit trade, which unionists say has created barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. ...

Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/norther-i ... 54056.html