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There is no honour, only expediency, in Lord David Frost's manoeuvres on the Northern Ireland protocol but that is all anyone can expect from Boris Johnson's government.

The Donegal fishing business Atlantic Dawn has survived the sudden death of its founder and increasing environmental scrutiny of large trawlers. Yet Karl McHugh, the second-generation leader of the group, warns that it is now under severe threat after Irish mackerel quotas were sacrificed in the trade deal between the EU and the UK.

There have been many quiet heroes on the way to peace on this island. A driver called Brian O'Driscoll was one. Now Ireland needs diplomats to bring commonsense.

The DUP has made an astute assessment of the damage the protocol is doing to the political weather, but the party has failed to acknowledge the reason for the climate change.

The UK and the EU remain at loggerheads over how to manage trade around Northern Ireland after Brexit, yet current issues were first raised four years ago and solutions agreed in 2019. In his book, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier explains how we came to this, but also reveals his personal outlook on Ireland, partition and why peace was his top priority.

The EU is generally seen to have had Ireland’s back until the very end of Brexit negotiations. As they stare into quota cuts and supply chain disruption, fishermen and seafood processors feel they are the exception.

With Arlene Foster resigning, the DUP stands at a fork in the road. The danger is they burn the road to the ground, says Sarah Creighton.

Comments allegedly made this week by Boris Johnson were a callous dismissal of the lives lost to Covid-19, but other failings could bring down the UK's prime minister.

The dual impact of the pandemic and Brexit has unleashed devastation across the domestic economy. One exception appears to be food manufacturing, where Irish brands could capitalise on changes in shopping habits into the future.

There is little chance that sufficient flexibility or capacity will materialise to soften the blow of the new EU-UK trade relationship. Much like Covid-19 lockdowns, public policy is now to take the Brexit hit and compensate those most affected.