The Irish Government will not stand for any backsliding on the deal struck over the issue of the border in the first phase of the Brexit negotiations, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said. The Tanaiste said he hoped Britain would strike a deal on trade with the European Union in the next round of talks. Mr Coveney said there was no uncertainty over what had been agreed on the border. "The negotiations that were negotiated before Christmas are very clear about the issue of the border, and indeed in many other areas," he said. The European Union is in the process of finalising its negotiating guidelines on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.

Source: Evening echo February 08, 2018 16:52 UTC