''They care about the notion of the UK including Northern Ireland''

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''They care about the notion of the UK including Northern Ireland''

The EU is to formally announce a three-month extension of the grace period for chilled meats entering Northern Ireland from Britain. Under the Northern Ireland Protocol, such meats, including sausages and mince, are due to be banned if entering from the UK. An initial six-month grace period delaying the ban, agreed by both sides last December, is due to expire at midnight tonight. Is this a test of whether the Northern Ireland protocol can actually work going forward? Adam Boulton is Editor at Large at Sky News, and he joined Anton Savage to discuss... The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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''They care about the notion of the UK including Northern Ireland''