Ireland says PM's agri-food idea 'not enough to replace backstop'

‘I wouldn’t like to pretend that if we can solve the agri-food issue, then technology can solve the rest,’ said Simon Coveney, Ireland’s deputy prime minister. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/ReutersBoris Johnson’s proposal to solve the Irish border question with a single regulatory regime north and south of the border for food and agriculture will never be enough to replace the backstop, Ireland has said.The country’s deputy prime minister, Simon Coveney, sa