Coveney: Irish border more important than 'economic relationships'

Name: Coveney: Irish border more important than 'economic relationships'
Uploaded: 2019-01-30T14:30:38.000Z
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Description: Irish deputy PM Simon Coveney has said the backstop needs to be based on legal certainty, not "wishful thinking".

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The Irish border backstop needs to be based on legal certainty, not "wishful thinking", Irish deputy PM Simon Coveney has said.

Speaking in Dublin on Wednesday, he said that maintaining the border was more important than "economic relationships".

Northern Ireland

30 January 2019