Brexit: Dublin starting to think about a move on backstop
A device that was meant to facilitate progress has instead become a barrier to it
Holding out on the backstop risks bringing about the very thing it is designed to avoid: a no-deal and a hard border. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
It is one of the great triumphs of Irish diplomacy – placing Ireland’s concerns at the heart of the EU’s priorities in the Brexit negotiations.
And the EU has not flinched in its solidarity and commitment. It has backed the backstop to the hilt.