DUP privately accepts Brexit is 'economic disaster' for Ireland, Murphy claims

The DUP privately acknowledges that Brexit will be an economic disaster for the island of Ireland, a senior Sinn Fein member has claimed.

The DUP privately acknowledges that Brexit will be an economic disaster for the island of Ireland, a senior Sinn Féin member has claimed.

Conor Murphy suggested the DUP's public pro-Brexit stance was very different to its behind-closed-doors view as he commented on recent terse exchanges between the main unionist party and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Fine Gael party.