Brexit: Government 'got what it needed' to avoid hard border

The Government has insisted it “got what it needed” in the draft Brexit text agreed in Brussels to avoid the return of a hard border, writes Daniel McConnell, Political Editor .

Tue, 13 Nov, 2018 - 21:25

Latest: The Government has insisted it “got what it needed” in the draft Brexit text agreed in Brussels to avoid the return of a hard border, writes Daniel McConnell, Political Editor .

Speaking to the Irish Examiner as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Tánaiste Simon Coveney and EU Minister Helen McEntee met to discuss the draft deal in Government Buildings, senior sources said they were content that the agreed text of the backstop respected the Irish position that no border on the island of Ireland would exist post Brexit.