Belfast City Council is to look into making a legal challenge to a plan to introduce electronic travel passes for foreign nationals across the Irish land border.
At the recent meeting of the council’s City Growth and Regeneration Committee, elected members and council officers alike claimed significant damage would result from the UK government’s plan for an electronics travel authorisation, especially for tourism in Belfast.
Sinn Fein Councillor Ronan McLaughlin proposed a report from the council’s legal services looking into the possibility of a legal challenge by the city against the UK government’s plan for an Electronic Travel Authorisation pass. It was accepted by committee members.
