Kenny: No deal with UK until article 50 is triggered

There is no possibility of the Republic and Britain striking a bilateral deal with each other outside of the imminent Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has stressed, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

The Fine Gael leader definitively rejected the potential step after a high level EU meeting in Brussels, as he admitted it may take longer than the two years initially outlined to untangle Britain and the EU from each other.