Martin attacked over Brexit comments

Government ministers have rounded on Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin for “playing party politics” with Brexit for his own gain.

The ministers, speaking to the Irish Examiner, were responding to harsh criticism by Mr Martin yesterday during a 1916 commemoration speech in Arbour Hill, where he said Ireland is being pushed back in Brexit talks.

“A rising concern is that Ireland is now being pushed later and later in the negotiations, leaving a real risk that we will face enormous pressure to accept whatever is proposed, so that the financial settlement with the UK will not be lost,” he said.