EU and UK negotiators agree text dealing with Irish border


The UK and the EU have reached an agreement on Brexit that avoids a hard border with the North.
Its reported the deal has been done on a “technical level” and negotiations are ongoing on the finer points of the text.
The British Prime Minister will put the draft agreement to her cabinet at a meeting tomorrow afternoon.
Government ministers have been called to individual meetings at Number 10 Downing Street for briefings with Theresa May.
News of the draft deal is a significant breakthrough and could pave the way for a November summit of EU leaders to endorse the text.
Here government sources are insisting they haven’t seen a proposed deal yet.
In the Dail this evening Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he’s not aware of the latest developments:

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