Comments by Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney

  • Unless there is significant progress, we will reach another crisis point

I think that supposed crisis point is inevitable at this stage. Negotiations will continue again next week, with another round scheduled for 1 June. There needs to be significant progress made before the end of June, otherwise the UK has threatened to walk away with no deal.

Then again, what could be more Brexit than another "close call" only to lead to this:

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