EU finalising 'far-reaching' Northern Ireland package, eyes year-end resolution

FILE PHOTO: A 'No Hard Border' poster is seen below a road sign on the Irish side of the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland near Bridgend, Ireland October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The European Commission will finalise measures next week it believes can lead to a resolution of post-Brexit trading issues in Northern Ireland by the end of the year or early in 2022, the top EU official dealing with the matter said on Thursday.

Since Britain left the EU's single market this year, difficulties in sending some goods to British-run Northern Ireland has prompted London to repeatedly call for widespread changes to the Northern Ireland protocol.