Tanaiste @simoncoveney saus UK #Brexit proposals on the role for the NI executive “is not consistent with the Good Friday Agreement.” pic.twitter.com/AgiUVSGMdt
— Mary Regan (@MaryERegan) October 3, 2019
Latest UK #brexit proposal “wont be the basis of a final agreement but I hope it can be a stepping stone in that direction” – Tanaiste @simoncoveney tells #Dail “Ireland has not been treated well.” pic.twitter.com/gMEJKtfuEa
— Mary Regan (@MaryERegan) October 3, 2019
Opposition support for the Irish Gov position is expressed in the #Dail where Fianna Fail @darcalleary says the British need to understand that the border is about so much more than economics #brexit #Border pic.twitter.com/EyNl76lTHv
— Mary Regan (@MaryERegan) October 3, 2019
Earlier today.
In the Dáil.
Tánaiste Simon Coveney (top) responds to the UK’s latest Brexit proposal.
UK, not EU, needs to do further work on Brexit offer: Brussels (RTE)
UPDATE:
Meanwhile…
Taoiseach: 2 major obstacles: customs, I don’t fully understand how we can have NI + IE in sep customs unions + avoid having tariffs + checks on goods. Secondly, issue of consent + democracy is important, any consent mechanism must reflect the views of the people in Ireland + NI
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) October 3, 2019
Taoiseach says five ways to solve the border question:
1. United Ireland, no current majority though some polls suggest there is
2. Ireland rejoing UK – never going to happen
3. UK staying in EU – polls show that’s what people want, but political system prevents that— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) October 3, 2019
4. UK staying in CU SM, Norway option
5. The backstop
One of those five ways could do this, at least four of those wd be acceptable for the Irish govt— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) October 3, 2019
surely this post would not be complete without the latest piss poor take from chief soup taker robert burke
What? No mention of Cast Iron and politically bulletproof? But Varadkar, Coveney and McEntee hired a podium to give us that fantastic summation in 2017 telling us that they had succeeded in achieving what they set out to achieve.
Change the record gigs- the backstop has tied the HP in knots for the past three and a half years- if there was anyway around it they would have found it by now.