Varadkar: Windsor deal gives Ireland 'opportunity to re-establish very good relations with UK'

The Taoiseach said he wanted to see the relationship between the two countries 'brought back to where it was when their Queen visited in 2011'

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking to the media at Government Buildings in Dublin, following the announcement that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have struck a deal over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Picture date: Monday February 27, 2023.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told his party that the Windsor Framework agreed earlier this week presents Ireland with "an opportunity to re-establish very good relations and a new partnership with the UK".

He said he wanted to see the relationship between the two countries "brought back to where it was when their Queen visited in 2011".