Soft Brexit proposal welcomed on both sides of Irish border

Dublin says free trade area plan ‘deserves consideration’ as DUP endorses dealThe Irish government says Theresa May’s proposals for Brexit “deserve consideration” but has warned that much work needs to be done to get to a deal.Echoing the chief EU Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, the country’s deputy prime minister, Simon Coveney, said it needs to see the white paper before it can progress to negotiations. Continue reading...