@BBCNolan@StephenNolan@bbcradioulster@BBCSounds Stephen, General Provision 6 only applies to the Central Retail Core (Map 2) not to the vicinity of the BBC or, say, the City Hall side of Donegal Square North. I got the impression you were extending it to Belfast City Centre (Map 1).
@MarkCarruthers7@SJAMcBride@politicsIN@TKbytesback@JimGamble_INEQE@ClaireSugden Has the media coverage been too parochial? British and Irish civil servants also involve themselves in day-to-day police decision making. Decisions attributed to the Chief Constable may have been taken at a higher governing level e.g. Drumcree 1996.
There's a big difference between 'laws made by a foreign court' and 'shared standards under a trade deal' and now would be a good time to for the DUP to start pointing that out.
@SJAMcBride The survey was far from political party representative. Latte drinkers got greater consideration than those hold strong views on matters constitutional 😃
@tarma1967 @hayward_katy Ironic that while some advocates for the Belfast Agreement are now trashing it the DUP and other opponents have become its defenders.
@hayward_katy Katy, despite lazy headlines it's the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland. Peter Summerton of McCulla Ireland back in March 16 pointed out that if we wanted too see the impact of the removal of mitigations we just had to look at Dublin port. Delays can last several weeks.
@Maceroni2000@SamCoatesSky It's up and down:
"The CSO figures show that exports to Britain from the Republic rose by almost €2bn to €10.6bn in the first nine months from a year earlier. Imports from Britain plummeted by €2.4bn to €9.4bn over the same period."
@AlanMar84372398@SJAMcBride The media appears to be ignoring the impact of the IE/NI Protocol on those who use Ireland's ports - presumably much to the relief of Dáil ministers. The evidence given by hauliers to the Committee for Infrastructure on March 16 is very illuminating: https://t.co/cXFN5Omo5n
@SJAMcBride It's the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland. Bureaucracy is a sticky mess. Goods from England to Northern Ireland that came via Dublin are sometimes now delayed for weeks in Dublin port while checks are carried out. (Peter Summerton, McCulla Ireland)