NI Protocol: PSNI officers hand deliver letters to 14 suspected protestors inviting them ‘to provide an account to police’

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Subscribe              May 16, 2021           Top Stories A round up of the most popular news stories this week.           NI Protocol: PSNI officers hand deliver letters to 14 suspected protestors inviting them 'to provide an account to police'           The PSNI has sent nine police officers to the home of suspected NI Protocol protestor to ask him to be interviewed about recent protests.                 Sam McBride: Rather than a DUP lurch to the right, this is about toppling the old order   The bookies didn't think it would happen, neither did some senior DUP figures, and immediately some observers are misunderstanding what has just happened within the DUP.           Latest parade against NI Protocol sees 200 masked protestors turn out against Irish Sea Border   The latest street protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol took place in Broughshane last night.           We're not to blame for cancer treatment not being approved in NI, says EU – but regulator says that's wrong   The EU has claimed that Stormont's Department of Health and the UK medicines regulator are wrong in saying that a pioneering new cancer treatment has not been approved for Northern Ireland because of the NI Protocol.           DUP revolution looms as party elects Edwin Poots as leader, in blow to party establishment   The revolt which toppled Arlene Foster last night continued as the party elected Edwin Poots and Paula Bradley as its leader and deputy leader, rejecting senior figures closer to the party establishment.           Sam McBride: After four years at the top of Sinn Féin, Michelle O'Neill has good reason to be nervous   Michelle O'Neill has good reason to be feeling nervous these days.           A firm but friendly Edwin Poots can adopt a tough stance on the Irish Sea border   News Letter editorial of Saturday May 15 2021:           Ben Lowry: Edwin Poots and Doug Beattie will offer two distinct shades of unionism   The future shape of unionist politics in Northern Ireland has been clarified by yesterday's DUP result.           Israeli and Palestinian in NI speak of fears for family during 'unprecedented' violence among neighbours   An Israeli woman living in north Down and a Palestinian man living in Belfast have spoken of their concerns for family back home as street violence in Israel reaches unprecedented levels.                 View more news

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