Bertie Ahern: Ireland can't allow British to 'push and shove' into future relationship without border arrangement

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said it is essential Ireland keeps the coalition of EU member states behind it and not allow the British to "push and shove" into a future relationship without nailing down the arrangements on the border issue.

Mr Ahern said that it would be a disaster to allow the UK move to the future relationship and say is a withdrawal agreement until we have "absolute agreement on what happens on the 1st of January 2021."