Varadkar's meeting with Johnson an 'opportunity' to 'see if we can make more progress'

Britain will be entirely to blame if checks close to the border are introduced after Brexit, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned.

Mr Varakdar, who is due to meet UK prime minister Boris Johnson in New York tomorrow, also pushed aside any suggestion that Ireland will “somehow fold or give up our position” in relation to the withdrawal agreement and the backstop, stating: “that’s not going to happen”.