Coveney: We must protect North deal

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said Ireland will not sign off on Brexit unless the Good Friday Agreement is fully protected.

Speaking in Belfast after his first day of talks with Northern secretary James Brokenshire and party leaders, Mr Coveney was confident the Stormont administration could be re-started in the short term.

However, he said many challenges exist and that the Government will not countenance any moves to dilute or undermine the 1998 agreement.