Martin demands hard Brexit contingency plan

The Government should develop and publicly share contingency plans around a hard Brexit, Micheál Martin has said.

The Fianna Fáil leader has hit out at Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for “putting all the eggs into the Barnier basket” and failing to prepare for all scenarios post-Brexit.

“I would prepare publicly and transparently for the different scenarios and I would prepare for a hard Brexit and I wouldn’t be shy of sharing the realities of that with people,” Mr Martin said.