'Strained' relations with NI can be repaired — Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and British Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove at the British Irish Council summit in Lough Erne Resort in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh today. Picture: PA Photo

Relations between Ireland and Northern Ireland have been strained, but can be repaired, the Taoiseach says.

Speaking at the British Irish Council meeting in Fermanagh today, Micheál Martin told the Irish Examiner that "where there's a will, there's a way". He said that he will have discussions with incoming DUP leader Edwin Poots on strengthening relations between Dublin and Belfast in light of the standoff on the Northern Protocol and Brexit.