Some Brexiteers are risking fragile peace in Northern Ireland by questioning the future of the Good Friday Agreement, Tanaiste Simon Coveney has said. Some Brexiteers are risking fragile peace in Northern Ireland by questioning the future of the Good Friday Agreement, Tanaiste Simon Coveney has said. 'Irresponsible and reckless' - Simon Coveney hits out at criticism of Good Friday AgreementMr Coveney tweeted that the 1998 accord was being undermined in some political circles. Mr Paterson, a former Northern Ireland secretary, recently retweeted a commentator's suggestion that the agreement had outlived its use. The UK's Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley is due to update Westminster on the Stormont deadlock on Tuesday.

Source: Irish Independent February 20, 2018 11:50 UTC