US envoy 'reassured' UK bill breaking international law is 'contingency plan'

US envoy 'reassured' UK bill breaking international law is 'contingency plan'

US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney met in Dublin this morning. Picture: Julien Behal

The US Envoy for Northern Ireland Mick Mulvaney says he has been "reassured" by the UK that a Westminster bill which breaks international law is a "contingency plan".

Mr Mulvaney, President Trump's former chief of staff, who was appointed to his new role in May, travelled from Washington for a series of meetings on Brexit.

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