ORANGE Halls across the north will open their doors on Saturday to enable people to register their opposition to the Irish Sea border.
The Orange Order launched an online petition earlier this month where signatories could support the declaration signed by unionist leaders on September 28 – Ulster Day. It said the Northern Ireland protocol "must be rejected and replaced".
The institution claims the "strength and depth of opposition" to the post-Brexit trade arrangements has "regularly been downplayed and, in some quarters, it has been dismissed altogether".
Deputy Grand Master Worshipful Brother Harold Henning said the protocol "sets Northern Ireland as a place apart from the rest of the United Kingdom".
“Furthermore, it is delivering an all-Ireland economy as trade with the Republic of Ireland is growing, while trade with the rest of the United Kingdom is being frustrated and made increasingly difficult – as a result, traders and consumers are being forced to source goods from the Republic,” he said.
