Meeting between Helen McEntee and UK home secretary cancelled amid row over migration

Justice Minister Helen McEntee had been due to meet her UK counterpart, James Cleverly, on Monday. Pictures: PA

A meeting in London between Justice Minister Helen McEntee and UK home secretary James Cleverly was cancelled late on Sunday night amid an escalating row over migrants travelling from the UK to Ireland.

The pair had been due to speak about issues including strengthening the external border of the Common Travel Area and how to prevent abuses of it.