Taoiseach: I’m not optimistic UK will strike post-Brexit trade deal

Taoiseach Micheal Martin (Tom Honan/PA)

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is “not optimistic” that Britain will strike a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union.

Mr Martin said there was still the “potential for a deal”, but warned that the British government’s controversial legislation which enables the UK to break international law had “eroded trust”.