Following the government's attempts to extend the ‘grace period’ and its alleged violations of the Brexit rules, the EU commission has launched legal action against the UK to stop it from further breaching the Northern Ireland protocol.

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney has tried to calm nerves in Northern Ireland amid provocative rhetoric and measures by the British state and its unionist allies.

As Brexit begins to bite it has been revealed that trade between the UK and the Republic of Ireland has fallen by half.

Veteran DUP minister Edwin Poots has called into question the efficacy of the Northern Ireland Protocol barely a week after it kicked into effect.