First bilateral talks over Brexit plans

Ministers were left disappointed by their British counterparts yesterday after no formal timetable was revealed during the first bilateral talks on Brexit.

Both Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan and Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald were quick to emphasise they were not given a precise date upon which Brexit would be triggered or a timetable about the process.

Mr Flanagan said the sides met at Dublin’s Iveagh House and spoke about the common travel area, the border, and technology for security co-operation.