‘No-deal hard Brexit can be avoided’, says Taoiseach

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has insisted he still believes a no-deal hard Brexit can be avoided.

The Taoiseach also reiterated that any possible alternative to the backstop agreement on the Irish border must be as good or better than what was already agreed.

Asked if the prospect of the UK crashing out of the EU was now closer to becoming a reality, he said: “I don’t, I am very confident that we will avoid a no-deal hard Brexit scenario. Nevertheless, we must prepare for that possibility no matter how remote it is.