Financial 'sweeteners' in event of no-deal Brexit not of interest, says Tánaiste

Financial "sweeteners" which could be offered to Dublin to pay for extra costs and infrastructure involved in carrying out customs checks between Ireland and the North in the event of a no-deal Brexit are of no interest to the Government with Tánaiste Simon Coveney insisting that the issue is "not about money."

Financial 'sweeteners' in event of no-deal Brexit not of interest, says Tánaiste

Financial "sweeteners" which could be offered to Dublin to pay for extra costs and infrastructure involved in carrying out customs checks between Ireland and the North in the event of a no-deal Brexit are of no interest to the Government with Tánaiste Simon Coveney insisting that the issue is "not about money."

Speaking at the opening of a new Enable Ireland centre in Cork the Tánaiste emphasised that the aim of the Government was to preserve normalcy in the North.

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