Ireland ‘did not sideline unionists’

The Government has rejected claims that it was responsible for keeping unionists in the dark on a special Brexit deal to prevent a hard border.

DUP leader Arlene Foster hit out at Dublin, citing an “aggressive” Irish stance in the latest Brexit standoff. She claimed Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s Government was responsible for withholding the deal.

The Cabinet also discussed the impasse, as efforts continue to cobble together a pact ahead of an EU summit.