Agriculture minister calls on UK to come up with 'political solution' to avoid hard border

The Government has issued a renewed warning that the UK must come up with a solution to the issue of the border between the North and the Republic if Brexit negotiations are to progress.

Agriculture minister Michael Creed said the British Government need to put forward a "political solution" to ensure there was no return to the "hard border" of the past when Britain leaves the EU single market and the customs union.