Irish border must remain open after Brexit, says Biden

US president-elect Joe Biden says the Irish border must remain open after Brexit (Niall Carson/PA)

US President-elect Joe Biden has stressed the importance of keeping the Irish border open following Brexit.

Speaking to reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, he said: “We do not want a guarded border. We want to make sure – we’ve worked too long to get Ireland worked out, and I talked with the British prime minister, I talked with the Taoiseach, I talked with others, I talked to the French.