Ireland says solid progress on post-Brexit border needed by June

Britain and European Union negotiators must make further progress on the issue of the Irish border by June if talks are to move forward on a final withdrawal agreement, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday.Northern Ireland will be the UK's only land frontier with the EU after its leaves the bloc.Both sides say they are committed to keeping the border with Ireland open, but findingpractical solution has proved elusive so far.