Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Ireland | https://t.co/PCLa2w4xjk https://t.co/qksoVfagB4
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) April 4, 2019
This afternoon.
Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for talks with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar just nine days before Britain could leave the European Union without a deal – unless it can break an impasse in parliament.
Ahead of their formal meeting, Ms Merkel and Mr Varadkar are participating in a roundtable discussion with people from the North and border area (above).
More as we get it.
Earlier: War Es Dafür?
Pics: Leo Varadkar, Rollingnews and Merrion Street
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Making sure we’re getting those Border Inspection Posts set up this week ;-)
“New controls will have to be carried out at our borders with the UK. Member States are setting up Border Inspection Posts and the Commission is swiftly approving these.
Member States have also recruited the necessary staff to handle customs and safety checks. More than 2,000 professionals have been recruited in the countries most affected (France, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark).”
RTE doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to report this speech today.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-19-1991_en.htm
ah but if they spent too much time on that population-worrying stuff there wouldn’t be enough time left for nice stories like Hamish the Terrier, see?
This is why I love the European institutions – they get stuff done. Overlords welcome.
There’s been plenty talk on the news of the staffing up in Irish customs, in fairness.
Not a defence of anything, just saying it has been reported, and mentioned, quite a few times.
And the vets..
Can the Broadsheet Outraged™ please pin their colours to the flag today and decide now how they feel about this?
a) If Brexit does happen, there are too few customs people employed: bad government for not planning properly.
b) If Brexit doesn’t happen (immediately), there are a load of extra customs people employed that aren’t actually needed: bad government for wasting money.
Conveniently diverting from the Northern Ireland border issue eh Cian?
From that press release.
‘New controls will have to be carried out at our borders with the UK. Member States are setting up Border Inspection Posts and the Commission is swiftly approving these.’
In other words, Ireland has a land border with the UK which will have to have inspection posts. Take your instructions with dignity Leo.
Define Brexit please? Because three years later, nobody else seems to know.
Flashing the Illuminati symbols again.
Don’t mention the war!
need more weird hands
Yes please
Kylie’s really let herself go.
Ah a rhymes with frolics
Snorted a rainy day runny nose spray of splutter n’ all sorts of stuff here on the 84
Thank Christ everyone else has cans on an’ didn’t notice