Taoiseach: €1.85tn EU coronavirus recovery fund 'worth negotiating for'

Taoiseach Micheál Martin: €1.85tn fund is "worth negotiating for". File Picture.  

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the battle over a €1.85 trillion coronavirus recovery fund is a “prize worth negotiating for”.

Member states are deeply divided on how much of the fund should come by way of grants, and how much should be in the form of repayable loans.