Ireland has more to lose than other EU states if the Protocol goes belly up, and the Taoiseach says that “the channels do exist to get this resolved”.
What is almost certainly motivating the Taoiseach’s comments is the lack of concrete proposals about how proposed new arrangements will work.
It knows that it can continue the policy of staying out of the institutions in Belfast and London without damaging its long-term strategy. Unionists need them to work.