The Irish Government has refused to engage in discussions with the UK about no-deal preparations

  • including on how to avoid checks on the Border, in recent contacts with London

So reports The Irish Times, citing "three people briefed on the contents of recent exchanges".

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  • new UK government wants to talk to Dublin about managing a no-deal exit
  • but Irish Ministers and officials have declined
  • Government and EU leaders are sticking to the position there will be no discussions with the UK on how to manage a no-deal on the Border until after the UK has left the EU, according to senior sources in Dublin and Brussels.
  • No-deal preparations are a unilateral EU matter, they said.

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