May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker could meet early on Friday to seal a border deal, the European Commission's chief spokesman said. "It is moving quite quickly at the moment," the Irish official told a British Irish Chamber of Commerce event in Brussels. BREXIT DEAL? As speculation swirled about whether London, Dublin and Brussels were about to clinch a border deal, European Council President Donald Tusk's office said he would brief reporters on Friday morning (local time) before departing for Hungary. To clinch a deal, though, May must ensure she has the support of the DUP, whose leader told her bluntly on Monday that it would not support her minority government's legislation unless the Irish border draft deal was changed.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 08, 2017 00:00 UTC