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

Simon Coveney dampens hopes that Boris Johnson’s border proposal is a game-changerBoris 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, said Ireland will give a “generous” response to the proposal but dampened hopes that it amounted to a major breakthrough after