Ireland seeking Brexit side deal with EU to avoid border checks

Traffic passes an anti-Brexit poster on the Dublin road between Newry in Northern Ireland and Dundalk in the Irish Republic.Ireland is hoping to seal a special Brexit side deal in Brussels allowing it to continue using the UK as a “land bridge” for goods in transit to Dublin without border checks, a senior Irish tax official has revealed.Under the special deal being discussed, goods from the continent would undergo checks in Calais.