Ireland's Donohoe: Possibility of a no-deal Brexit is clearly growing

Comments by Irish finance minister, Paschal Donohoe

• Says economy is well capable of responding back to risk of a no-deal Brexit

If anything else, you can take the above comment as being that they won't move on the backstop issue. As such, Boris Johnson's plea for the European Union to change their minds will certainly not be entertained ahead of the European Council meeting in October.