Taoiseach tells Brexiteers: Respect our vote

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told hard-line Brexiteers who has called for the Good Friday agreement to be scrapped to "respect our vote" in the same way Ireland respects Britain's democratic decision to leave the EU.

Taoiseach tells Brexiteers: Respect our vote

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told hard-line Brexiteers who has called for the Good Friday agreement to be scrapped to "respect our vote" in the same way Ireland respects Britain's democratic decision to leave the EU, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

In recent days, a number of hard-line pro-Brexit MPs have suggested in the British media that the historic 1998 Good Friday agreement should be cancelled due to the difficulties it is causing a hard Brexit.

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