Simon Coveney: 'No progress' on Brexit despite 'very intense' negotiations

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said there has been 'no progress at all' on Brexit. File Picture.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said the EU mood has become more resigned to no deal on a future trading relationship with the UK being agreed.

Mr Coveney was speaking as he returned from Brussels on Monday evening as Wednesday's deadline comes ever nearer. British prime minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had a 90-minute phone call on Monday evening which reached no conclusions as the mood around a deal darkened.