Latest: Ireland does not want to veto Brexit talks, but more progress on border issue needed, says Coveney

The Tánaiste says the Government do not want to veto the progression of Brexit talks, but that more progress on the border issue is needed.

Update 11.15am: There is "no desire" in Ireland to delay progress on the Brexit negotiations, according to the Tánaiste.

Simon Coveney said his Government did not want to veto the talks, after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warned he was prepared to stand firm on the Irish border issue.