We're in a troublesome spot in Northern Ireland, says EU official

LONDON (Reuters) - Northern Ireland is in a tough spot as it manages the outcomes of Brexit, and Britain and the European Union need to decrease strains and discover arrangements as equivalent accomplices, EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness said on Sunday.

Political strains have ascended in Northern Ireland, with the favorable to British unionist local area troubled about new hindrances to exchange with the remainder of the United Kingdom that have emerged since Brexit completely produced results on Jan. 1.

"We're in a troublesome spot however we are equivalent accomplices and we should plunk down, ideally, as you recommend, diminish the temperature and discover arrangements since business knows no lines, the financial specialists in Northern Ireland need an answer," McGuinness said in a meeting on the BBC.