Post-Brexit trade deal ‘likely but will not be easy’

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said a post-Brexit trade deal is “likely” but it will not be easy.

Mr Coveney described talks between the EU and the UK as currently being in a “very serious zone” and said he is “under no illusion of the challenges” as they try to come to an agreement.