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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

DUP takes time and withholds judgment on Northern Ireland deal

Democratic Unionist party leader Jeffrey Donaldson
Democratic Unionist party leader Jeffrey Donaldson. Photograph: PRU/AFP/Getty Images

The Democratic Unionist party (DUP) has withheld judgment on the deal to end the dispute over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol, leaving the fate of power-sharing in the region hanging in the balance.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson welcomed “significant progress” in the UK-EU deal announced on Monday but cautioned that concerns remained and said the party would take time to analyse the text.

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