Ireland and the EU will reject British prime minister Boris Johnson’s latest Brexit proposals as long as they demand border checks on the island of Ireland. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has made it clear Ireland will never sign up to such checks as part of a Brexit deal. As Mr Johnson prepares to table formal proposals tomorrow in a very last-ditch attempt to reach a deal, he suggested some checks away from the border will be required. With a no-deal now more likely than ever, Mr Varadkar has not ruled out a televised state-of-the-nation address in the coming weeks. Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Mr Varadkar said: “We will never sign up to checks as part of a deal.

Source: Irish Examiner October 01, 2019 22:52 UTC