EUROPEAN UNION FORCED INTO A HUMILIATING U-TURN OVER MOVE TO CONTROL VACCINE EXPORTS TO NORTHERN IRELAND

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Brussels has been forced into a humiliating U-turn in the face of outrage in London and Dublin after seeking to trigger a Brexit deal clause to establish border controls on vaccine doses moving into Northern Ireland from the Republic.

The European commission was forced to backtrack on its plan to effectively erect a vaccine border on the island of Ireland after both Boris Johnson and the Irish taoiseach, Micheál Martin, spoke personally to its president, Ursula von der Leyen. Read more HERE