Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has flatly rejected an idea floated by British prime minister Theresa May yesterday that the Canada-US border could serve as a model for the Border in Ireland after Brexit. Mr Varadkar declined to comment specifically on Ms May’s remarks on Monday, saying he had not heard them, but said he had visited the US-Canada border last summer. “I saw a hard border, with physical infrastructure, with customs posts, people in uniform with arms and dogs. And that is definitely not a solution that we could possibly entertain,” the Taoiseach said at a press conference with Luxembourg’s prime minister Xavier Bettel at Government Buildings. The prime minister was responding to questions arising from a statement she made on a key Brexit speech delivered last Friday.

Source: The Irish Times March 05, 2018 19:42 UTC