Major issues remain with UK Brexit proposal, Varadkar tells Juncker and Tusk

Ireland may have to live with a no-deal Brexit and enforce the border to protect the single market “for a period,” Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

Update: 5.56pm: Major issues remain with the UK's proposals aimed at avoiding a no-deal Brexit, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has made known to two European Presidents this evening.

The Taoiseach has spoken to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and European Council President Donald Tusk following his meeting with the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in Stockholm.