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By Andrew Quinn
Published 9th Feb 2021, 11:04 BST
Updated 9th Feb 2021, 14:12 BST
The Irish government’s Minister for EU Affairs, Thomas Byrne, TD, has dispelled the notion that the United Kingdom and the European Commission can or will scrap the Northern Ireland Protocol
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