"Of course there's frustration," Simon Coveney, who is also Dublin's foreign minister, told reporters after more talks in Brussels with EU colleagues. "We are spending hundreds of millions of euros in Ireland preparing for a no-deal Brexit to try to protect Irish citizens," he added. Earlier, Coveney had met chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier for an update on the talks. British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt had insisted upon arriving at the meeting that Britain's support for the Northern Ireland peace deal was "unconditional". Both London and Brussels would have to show flexibility to find a reworked Brexit deal that could get past the House of Commons, he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 19, 2019 03:11 UTC