Ireland open to adding to border text but clock ticking

Ireland is open to adding to a tentative Irish border agreement that collapsed on Monday but movement will be needed by the end of the week if Brexit talks are to move onto the next phase this year, the country's European Affairs Minister said on Wednesday.A deal on the border, which is required if negotiations are to progress to trade talks, was agreed on Monday with Dublin's blessing after Brexit negotiators guaranteed "regulatory alignment" on both sides of the border that Ireland shares with