The Government clashed publicly last night with the DUP over Brexit and the future of the Belfast Agreement, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar rejecting suggestions the agreement could be changed to accommodate Brexit. While DUP leader Arlene Foster had suggested the agreement “wasn’t sacrosanct”, Mr Varadkar told the Dáil it “is not a piece of British legislation”. “It is an international agreement between the British and Irish governments as well as a multi-party agreement among the various parties,” he said. DUP MP Sammy Wilson warned: “We’re not bluffing.”Mrs May’s government is reliant on the DUP for its majority in the House of Commons. Currently, just 10 per cent of such products are checked and Britain wants the EU to drop its demand that 100 per cent should be checked after Brexit.

Source: The Irish Times October 03, 2018 00:00 UTC