Latest: No return to hard border with North, insists Theresa May

Update 6.56pm: British Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted there will be no return to a hard Border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, after Britain leaves the European Union.

Update 7.10pm: British Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted there will be no return to a hard Border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, after Britain leaves the European Union, Writes Daniel McConnell Political Editor.

She made her comments at a press conference in Government Buildings in Dublin after talks on Brexit with Taoiseach Enda Kenny.