Persisting problems with Brexit and the Irish border | Letters

The DUP leader, Arlene Foster, speaking to the media on Monday. ‘The DUP stance that they want a hard Brexit with a soft border has always been contradictory and impossible to achieve,’ writes Douglas Simpson.It is understandable that Fintan O’Toole (Britain has just discovered it’s now weaker than Ireland, 5 December) should make the most of his country’s 15 minutes of fame but he will soon find that, when push comes to shove, the EU will treat Ireland with the sam