Varadkar must make no Brexit concessions as deal looks likely

There was considerable and obviously well informed speculation last weekend about a proposal to align regulation between the North and the Republic as a means of avoiding a hard border between both parts of the island, writes Jim Power.

I have to admit that I was very sceptical about this proposal from the moment I heard it and could not understand how it would possibly work.

However, on Monday, I was attending a meeting in Wicklow from early morning and when I got into my car early afternoon, I was pleasantly surprised and more than a little shocked to hear a deal had apparently been done on this basis.