Coveney warns over no-deal Brexit risk

The danger of a no-deal Brexit is the highest it has been for more than two years, Simon Coveney has told his Cabinet colleagues. The Tánaiste also warned fellow ministers that a new British prime minister could adopt a different approach to Brexit.

As British prime minister Theresa May scrambles once more to persuade MPs to back a new initiative on the withdrawal agreement, Cabinet here discussed the Brexit impasse. Mr Coveney reiterated that the Government would not accept a reopening of the deal. However, it was agreed that Ireland must continue to prepare for a disorderly Brexit.