TAOISEACH Micheal Martin is "not optimistic" a Brexit deal can be achieved following the British Government's move to override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement. Speaking this morning, Mr Martin said he told Mr Johnson the move would be "very unsettling" for Northern Ireland. "I pointed out very strongly to him that this was very unsettling for Northern Ireland, that it was dragging Northern Ireland back into the center stage. That it was bad for Northern Ireland politics and would be divisive," Mr Martin told RTÉ One's Morning Ireland. Mr Martin had earlier been under pressure to "publicly call out" the British prime minister.

Source: Irish Independent September 10, 2020 08:26 UTC