Taoiseach to insist Ireland's Brexit backstop position cannot be changed at EU-Arab League summit

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will again insist Ireland's Brexit backstop position cannot be changed in private meetings with EU leaders today - just 33 days out from the EU-UK divorce.

Mr Varadkar will repeat the Government message during talks in Egypt as part of the first-ever EU-Arab League joint summit at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.