Taoiseach insists there will be no hard border despite EU statement
‘Government will not support the re-emergence of border infrastructure’, says Coveney
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and Tánaiste Simon Coveney, who is also Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Brexit. Photo: Tom Honan
Ireland will not accept a hard border after Brexit under any circumstances, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney have insisted.
Their comments came after a spokesman for the European Commission yesterday suggested a hard border in Ireland would be necessary if the UK left the EU without a deal.