Post-Brexit border inspection posts in NI could cost more than £192m
Construction work on the border inspection post the Port of Larne, Monday, Feb 5, 2024. Picture by Peter Morrison
The Government’s revelation that post-Brexit border inspection posts in Northern Ireland could cost up to “an astonishing” £200m flies in the face of “increasingly foolish” claims that the Irish Sea border has gone, unionist politicians have said.
The news follows January’s deal to restore the Stormont institutions, which DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said means “zero checks, zero customs paperwork” on goods moving within the United Kingdom and removes the so-called Irish Sea border.
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