Irish PM 'looking forward' to hearing Boris Johnson's Brexit proposals

Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson. Photograph: Rex and PAThe Irish prime minister has said he is looking forward to hearing first-hand Boris Johnson’s proposals for a deal on Brexit checks on the Irish border in what appears to be a softening of the UK’s approach to the backstop.He was responding to little-reported comments by Johnson on Tuesday in the House of Commons suggesting that the island of Ireland would be treated as one regulatory unit in relation to agrifood.Johnson said the