Border promises ‘will be honoured’

Promises to ensure there is no hard border in the North after Brexit will be honoured in a legal text to be published tomorrow, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said.

The EU will publish a legally binding text following phase one of the Brexit negotiations agreed last December.

This will include a crucial commitment or so-called ‘backstop’ by London that — even if there is no deal — there will be a frictionless border with the North. This follows disagreement between London and Brussels since December about cross border co-operation over EU rules.