Northern Ireland voters split on need for Brexit checks, poll reveals

Northern Ireland voters split on need for Brexit checks, poll reveals

High political stakes in NI protocol shown in research released hours before unveiling of new UK-EU deal

Voters in Northern Ireland are evenly split over the need for Brexit checks on goods coming in from Great Britain, a new survey has shown just hours before a new deal between the EU and the UK is revealed.

The EU will on Wednesday say it is retreating from the threat of a trade war and confirm a "package“ of arrangements to take the heat out of the bitter dispute over the sales of British sausages, secondhand cars and potted plants in Northern Ireland.