Brexit: North can operate under different rules to UK – Coveney
Divergence already exists in several areas, Tánaiste tells MacGill Summer School
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, in Brussels. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters
There is no reason Northern Ireland cannot be treated differently from the rest of the UK after Brexit, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said.
The North is already governed in a different manner to England, Wales and Scotland in a number of important areas such as planning and local government, Mr Coveney said.