The UK request that Ireland help them replace the border backstop with technological devices doing checks is “wishful thinking,” Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said. The UK request that Ireland help them replace the border backstop with technological devices doing checks is “wishful thinking,” Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said. The Tánaiste was speaking after talks in Brussels and he banished speculation that Ireland and or the EU are ready to offer a change to London on the border backstop. UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, is expected to begin lobbying Brussels and the other EU capitals seeking backing for proposals on deploying technology to minimise border controls. The Tánaiste said the real issue was that many MPs at Westminster were trying to replace an agreement with “wishful thinking”.

Source: Irish Independent February 04, 2019 16:51 UTC