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The UK, Ireland and Brexit

The Irish Deputy Prime Minister has laid out what he wants to get Brexit talks to move on

It is not possible to see how the Irish border issue can be resolved after Brexit, the influential group of MPs scrutinising the process has said.

The government wants no hard border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland and no customs border between the latter and the rest of the UK.

Ministers have suggested technology could enable a "frictionless border".

This is Irish Foreign Minister and Deputy PM Simon Coveney's take on it...

(Image: Simon Coveney, credit: Getty Images)

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