Ireland must prepare to battle with EU Commission in Border talks

If a no-deal Brexit occurs Ireland will find itself on different side to the commission

 Irish negotiators may soon have to pivot away from seeing the commission as negotiating colleagues and instead see it as more of a negotiating opponent. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Irish negotiators may soon have to pivot away from seeing the commission as negotiating colleagues and instead see it as more of a negotiating opponent. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Tánaiste Simon Coveney on Wednesday confirmed, yet again, that a no-deal Brexit will mean some sort of physical customs checks must be introduced on goods entering the Republic from the North.

He said the British would decide what, if any, checks would be imposed on goods flowing the other way. But to protect the State’s position in the single market and to prevent Irish exports from being restricted upon entry into continental Europe, the Tánaiste conceded checks in the South would be unavoidable.

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