Irish truckers stuck in UK hopeful Covid shut-down will end tonight

Lorries are parked up on the M20 in Kent near to Folkestone services whilst the Port of Dover remains closed. Irish drivers are among those stuck in Kent. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Irish truckers are holding out hope France will start letting them across the English Channel again when the closure order lapses.

A plan to get ferries moving could be set out today following crisis talks between British prime minister Boris Johnson and France's President Emmanuel Macron last night.