Brexit: Wary stalemate looms as Dublin, Brussels rebuff May over backstop

Inside Politics: Taoiseach tells British PM it was unusual to go back on an agreement she had made

Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 07:55 Updated: Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 08:10

Pat Leahy

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: told Theresa May it was unusual to go back on an agreement she had made. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: told Theresa May it was unusual to go back on an agreement she had made. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times

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