Irish Examiner View: We must keep our eye on the ball in Brexit talks

Things have reached a sorry pass when Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has to refute Downing Street suggestions that the EU could block goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK. 

Things have reached a sorry pass when Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has to refute Downing Street suggestions that the EU could block goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK. 

That suggestion may be bizarre but it comes straight from the Brexit playbook, invoking the blitz spirit of them against us even if in the most dishonest, dishonourable way.