it's vital to the republic of ireland and northern ireland.der in both directions every day. years back you had to have what were called... even bbc crews had to have this massive amount of paperwork, and go into a customs clearance post in newry to be able to take it into the republic. nobody wants to see a return to that. these people argue there is a way of doing this electronically but nobody has laid that out yet. even if you have an arrangement like with switzerland and norway, that's because those countries have accepted certain things from the eu, like food standards and so one. there's an awful lot to thrash out yet. there are other issues. there's the european court, do judgments are other issues. there's the european court, dojudgments of are other issues. there's the european court, do judgments of the european court, do judgments of the european court, do judgments of the european court applied to irish citizens living in northern ireland because they are citizens of the eu? but you have that freedom of travel and almost dual citi

the tricky northern ireland border. we canjoin tricky northern ireland border.can join christian fraser in brussels. yes, a lot of positivity and optimism around the place in brussels here this morning. i think there was a general feeling that they would find an agreement by the end of play today but that hasn't happened, so we are looking back at where it might have gone wrong. i think probably the british government thought they got an a cce pta ble government thought they got an acceptable form of words that was a cce pta ble acceptable form of words that was acceptable to the irish side. there was an emergency meeting in dublin this morning. there was a press conference scheduled. they were expected to say they were broadly positive about what was in the document but from that point on things seem to unravel. the wording in the document was leaked and then arlene foster apparently held a conversation with the prime minister, in this building behind me, made negotiation, that phone conversation went on for several minutes and then not long after that she appe

committing to avoiding a hard border there and ireland.

his cousin is in ireland. two of whom are on the leslies and also more -- roughly on the nationalist side. one of whom the london airies is very much on the unionist side. standing for parliament, all the time these families standing engaged in a high level of politics, in all the time that churchill is involved in politics. after he joins the liberals, churchill gradually becomes accepting of the broad liberal view that home rule is right for ireland. it's a slow process. when he first joins the liberals and makes the switch, he says i'm making the switch, but i don't really believe the liberals are right about ireland. over the next few years up to 1910, irish nationals pick up on it, he has more and more sympathy for the rural cause. he mimics that of his father. this is a very crude way to look at it. his father started out as a very strong unionist. then had a flirtation with irish nationalism in the mid 1880s. or an engagement would be more accurate. and then reverted to being a strong unionist. and in s

on the assumption of northern ireland being part of the european union, like southern ireland. changes. and theresa may arrives. she was home secretary, she obviously had security issues northern ireland but beyond that northern ireland had not been on her radar as a senior politician. and i think she's hugely underestimated. in fairness to david davis and others,... he's the british negotiator. the british brexit secretary in the united kingdom. they are acutely aware of it. they do have logical point in saying that before we know the end agreement, it is very hard to deal with the northern ireland trade is going to apply more widely, you can't deal with this. but, as you know, there is a huge pressure to get some sort of sense. the irish government are not suggesting that we have to have everything glued to the floor before we move onto the next thing. what saying is, you've given us all the sort of airy fairy, yes, we all agree that the border has to be... the reassurances. in fact, there was a british paper produced last august, i think, where they talked about trusted trad

the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland is part of the u.k. northern ireland will also leave the e.u. but the republic of violent will stay a member the theory is the u.k. will replace these invisible border with customs checkpoints to keep the border free flowing one. possible solution would be to allow northern ireland to stay in the u.s customs union ofsted laves but that's something northern ireland's largest party has rejected we are being very clear in northern ireland mostly the european union on the same terms as the rest of the united kingdom and we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the u.k. the republic of violence says it believes the deal on the border issue had been agreed. the irish negotiating team received confirmation from the british government on the barnyard taskforce that the united kingdom agreed to text on the border that met our concerns i am surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a posi

we need north—south co—operation in the ireland of ireland.you. thank you very much for your time. 0na thank you very much for your time. on a critical issue and a critical day in terms of negotiations. time for the weather. you could say that, and neater. good afternoon, a real west east split with that weather. recent areas dry and cold, but sunny. a real cluster of snow showers through scotland. northern ireland stretching down through wales and the north midlands. pretty much what you got at the moment is what you will keep overnight. although the showers should start to become a little lighter and fewer in nature. will be a cold start to saturday morning, a ha rd a cold start to saturday morning, a hard frost and icy stretch on the road. the threat of its no shower. snow showers chiefly into the north of scotla nd snow showers chiefly into the north of scotland and running down into the cheshire gap. a little bit more sunshine coming through, but bitterly cold. top temperatures 0— 5 degrees. 0n bitterly cold. top temperatures 0— 5 degrees

where northern ireland and ireland have some sort of similar negotiations some similar deal with the e.u. but then that would be different from the u.k. because their main objective is to stay close to the u.k. and not come to some sort of well reunification almost if you would show the back door via this new agreement with brussels and berger despite today's failure to resume session is confident that we will conclude this positively i wonder where does this optimism come from given the problems from scotland and london when there was only the whiff of a deal well for sure i mean we've had said you can the mayor of london reminding everybody that london also voted for staying within the e.u. and we've heard from wales we've had from nicholas sturgeon and scotland and they're saying well if northern ireland can have a special deal then so can we because also scotland's main objective is to stay within the e.u. within the single market this is what the people of scotland have voted for so there is a fear that there could be all sorts of constitutional. all sorts of consequences for de

or northern ireland and the republic.e dup or the irish. so could the uk align itself entirely with eu rules in certain key areas? no borders, but then we couldn't agreed to buy us chicken. that could scupper our great plans for other trade deals. there is another problem. regulatory alignment is not necessarily enough to avoid any physical borders. for that you might need a customs union or agreeing the same set of external tariffs for goods arriving from non—eu countries. without it, well you are still going to need some customs checks somewhere. of course, the government expects to get it broader deal but even to start talks means a border —based phage. the possibility of northern ireland having different rules from the rest of the uk or the idea of the whole uk aligning itself with the eu good evening. first, get you to comment on what iain duncan smith said? he seems as if to say scrap that if the eu do not move. we are all unionists and the idea that northern ireland was going to be treated differently from the rest

there is a single electricity market along the ireland of -- in the island of ireland, for example. i am confident that we can ensure we will not have a hard border in northern ireland. but we will retain the economic integrity of the united kingdom. >> good morning. mark stone from sky news. what has changed between monday's lunch and now which allows you to say a deal is done now and you couldn't on monday? junco, thent prime minister now says that eu citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and u.k. courts. is that correct, and are you happy with that? may: on the first point, as we both said and we stood here on monday, the really couple of issues we still had to finalize as we went through the last few days, but as i said in remarks i've just made, one of the things you can see is a strengthening of the commitment in relation to northern ireland and the united kingdom. i think that is important, so within the joint report you will see no hard border between ireland, but also that we retained that constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. s. -- pres. juncke

from the republic of ireland will one day separate britain from the e.u. tonight the border could just break bricks i'm burned off in berlin this is the day . we have been very clear that northern ireland must meet the european union and seem to turn to the rest of the united kingdom but on a couple of issues some differences do remain despite the best efforts which require further negotiation get to us in the close of the two regions of the dream and today and the prime minister has been clear that the meeting the european union has. also coming up australia is set to legalize gay marriage later this month today one lawmaker who couldn't wait any longer so there's only one thing left to do. ron had to call him. a proposal from the parliament floor we'll have the answer later on the day. we begin the day with the latest version of the motto breaks it means breaks it it reads as follows breaks it means writes it except in northern ireland and perhaps scotland and why not add london to the list theresa may the mother of that motto met european commission pre

sara and of course that border issue i mean we're talking about northern ireland and ireland it is going to have a huge impact on the economy of northern ireland which let's remember that is primarily based on agriculture if britain is no longer a member of the e.u. it is no longer automatically part of the customs arrangements and that means that ireland and britain might have to reintroduce customs controls along the border and that is a huge worry for northern ireland's dairy farmers. milk is northern ireland's most important agricultural product but uncertainty over what will happen when britain leaves the european union has left many farmers on edge especially those who currently trade with and travel freely to the republic of ireland which is staying in the e.u. because of the way the whole system set up there will be tariffs there traded on the european quality standards at the minute or standards one change will be as high as ever they are but. does that present barriers for creating this product in the future and the fact that we don't know is a difficult part in addition agricu

well yes it's all about northern ireland and its special status it was suggested that the northern ireland could retain effectively a membership of the single market and the customs union in order to make trade between the republic of ireland which is so crucial for the republic and northern ireland continued to be seamless as it is now but if this is to be the case other parts of the united kingdom might want to have the same and you mentioned scotland as also london for example the london mayor has suggested that london should have a special status so what's going to happen how is this going to play out with in the union this is going to be very very very tricky indeed go back to us in brussels despite the question marks over this deal there seems to be a sense of momentum now to the negotiations last week the two sides were talking about getting close to to a deal on the brakes a divorce bill now there seems to be movement regarding the northern ireland to border who or what has changed whereas always agreements suddenly sprung from. of course part of part of the answer has to be that b

in the european union while northern ireland as part of the u.k. would have to exit as you can see on your screen britain may have to reintroduce a so-called hard border with customs checks for goods people and services that will be a huge worry for northern ireland's dairy farmers who depend on easy cross border trade . milk is northern ireland's most important agricultural product but uncertainty over what will happen when britain leaves the european union has left many farmers on edge especially those who currently trade with and travel freely to the republic of ireland which is staying in the e.u. because of the way the whole system set up there will be tariffs there traded on the european quality standards at the minute or standards won't change they'll be as high as ever they are but. those are present barriers for creating this product in the future and the fact that we don't know is the difficult part in addition agricultural products from northern ireland are heavily subsidised it remains to be seen if the support will continue after break

single market in customs union between ireland the northern ireland put that one you know in your mind for a second then scroll down to the power part of the joint report which has another sentence that says they'll be no new regulatory barriers between northern ireland or the rest of the u.k. now if you put those two together. i mean is there not doesn't this mean that basically if northern ireland is in the single market and the customs union them by default the rest of the u.k. must be in two if there's no barrier between northern ireland or any kind of difference for enormous us the u.k. . well your analysis is correct and spot on and the devil will be in the detail with regard to that but that's going to be your usual in for executives with me having little and i mean are people one of them both sides we are about. yeah well yeah well i think the key point here is i was listening to michael gove on the radio this morning and it's very clear now that the british government has opted for a softer form of exit from the town was in visit for instance last week or was being spoken abou

and guaranteeing no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland now they'll move to negotiations about the future of trade relations we talk to our brussels correspondent in just a moment but first this report both sides are calling it a brics it breakthrough capping off a week of drama purchased prime ministers to resume a arrived early at the european commission her goal saving the talks on her country's exit from the e.u. a short meeting with european commission president include younger followed and then the two emerged to make the big announcement we have been able to make sufficient progress to ensure that we can now move into the second phase of the negotiation between the united kingdom and the european union of twenty six. may and june to say there's been progress on a major stumbling block how to manage the future border between the u.k.'s northern ireland and the ease republic of ireland has been a particularly tricky subject many fear a hard border separating the two with border guards could plunge the north back into turmoil by undermining the belfast

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we will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates northern ireland.ked on, 20 minutes later, the prime minister broke off her meetings in brussels to phone mrs foster. i understand the dup made it plain they could not support the proposed deal. the precise opposite to the irish leader, who has pushed and pushed, who talked of his shock. i'm surprised and disappointed that the british government now appears not to be in a position to conclude what was agreed earlier today. i accept that the prime minister has asked for more time, and i know that she faces many challenges. and i acknowledge that she is negotiating in good faith. uk government sources are eager to play down the idea that a deal today was ever a dead cert. but a document had been put together and accepted by officials on both sides. senior politicians here in brussels and in dublin had gone on the record to suggest it was pretty much done. it was only when it became clear that the prime minister's allies found it unpalatable that suddenly the deal was off. there is no question that it's s

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there are some asking why a small northern ireland political party of just ten small northern ireland one political party with ten seats, they have a significance in westminster and it shows the importance of taking seats at westminster. sinn fein don't take their seats at westminster, but we are talking about one of the constituent parts of the uk and when theresa may became prime minister she stood on the steps of downing street and spoke about being the prime minister of great britain and northern ireland. it is part of the uk and deserves similar treatment to the rest of the uk. that's hiving off divergence with the rest of the uk outside the european union and northern ireland locked into the republic and into the eu but with no real say in things would create a second—class situation for northern ireland. jan says, "we were told so many different things that it now seems clear nobody had a clue." emma tweets, "the conservatives haven't a clue. we are being led into a dayser. those in northern ireland are allowed to stay in the eu, while the rest are led into the abyss." another

the crux of the issue is the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, the only landu with the uk. there was a draft eu on this issue, it would have meant northern ireland remaining in the eu's customs union and single market, while the rest of the uk would leave those two, that was the plan, but he did not last long. remember this? —— was the plan, but he did not last long. rememberthis? —— but it did not last long. the prime minister had to cut a deal after the last election with arlene foster the leader of the dup, in northern ireland. this was arlene foster's statement. we were not accept any form of regulatory diverges which separates northern ireland economically or politically from the rest of the uk. and because of theresa may's reliance on the dup diack legislation to the house of commons, when they dig in, she needs to listen. and this is how it panned out. all of which left the irish leader little bit amused. he gave this statement. following the meeting this morning at the irish negotiating team received confirmation from the british government and the mic

, as tony talked about, northern ireland specifically and the issues affecting the whole ireland, theydebate, and the downing street agenda is often driven by what is at the top of the news agenda. it wasn't that people did not take it seriously. but the irish government made a decision, as tony knows, to drive it front to the news agenda to get people's attention. and it got people's attention. and we picked up talking to members of the irish government, but also some elements, people who come to visit from northern ireland, the feeling that downing street didn't understand, they felt this is notjust an economic issue, but also political and very much a social issue. the fact that talk of the border disappeared and now it is back front and centre. and real concern about that and real worry that it wasn't being taken on board. and i think the rest of the eu was tempted, even though they said from the beginning this has to be one of the main divorce issues, it was always around, i think they were willing to let it slide a little bit into phase two to as the uk government wanted. but the

the leader in ireland. because, on the bbc news site there is lots of analysis and looking ahead to what happens next. let's have a look at this story which was a shocking story that emerged in the middle east yesterday. all over the front page. the former president assassinated on monday and it says buy iranian backed houthis. extremely complicated but a very significant change in how things are in that pa rt change in how things are in that part of the world given who he was and how long he was in powerfor. anyone who can spend 30 years ruling in the middle east must have some amazing skills but it appears that he was trying to do a deal with the. this assassination has caused huge shocks in yemen and throughout the deal. a man who was so respected to be that this to happen, it almost feels like a defining moment. it cool act as a rallying cry for yemen to unite. that is the hope in saudi arabia. just to say, while that is all going on the farrant —— humanitarian crisis continues. looking ahead to catalon

ireland and the republic of ireland.ody wants to see a hard border. that is what we are hearing from all quarters. however, how is that going to work if the u.k. leaves the customs union and they are a different customs arrangement to be dealt with? you are talking about moving to the second phase. there has been some kind of a resolution on the island issue, and we have some quite lowly y wording in the joint report by the commission, saying everybody is going to try to safeguard principally the peace process in northern ireland, which has been in place 20 years. a major plank of that was removing the border. however, there is no detail on exactly how this is going to work. the wording in this document is woolly. it leaves the door open to specific circumstances for which there will be a unique solution. what does that mean? nobody knows. they are going to find out what those circumstances are as they come up against them. that second phase is going to be a specific -- on the island issue, phase two, a lot of talk about

and ireland or at the same time the u.k. completely ends freedom of movement between the e.u. and the u.k. as a whole. well i think there is an element of fudge about all this to get us moving on to discussions on trade and i think it's going to be difficult to finalize what arrangements are going to be in place until we know what the trade deal is going to be is it possible to square all these various differences but the answer is i think it to be difficult but i don't think it's impossible to do this i mean i do think we want to read a whatever we can do with technology to make the issues around the border as simple as possible we need to avoid moving away from combined quibble and regulation if we can avoid doing so i mean i think a lot of this is really in the end going to depend on goodwill and common sense and the extent to which people are really prepared to look for solutions that are going to be workable and i will talk about one of the problems we have had over there what is meant when they said that the rights the

reporter: the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland is part of the u.k. northern ireland will also leave the e.u., but the republic will stay a member. the theory is the u.k. will replace this border with customs checkpoints. to keep the border free flowing, one solution is to allow northern ireland to stay in the e.u.'s customs union after the u.k. leaves. that is something northern ireland's largest party has rejected. >> we have been very clear. northern ireland must leav the european union on the same terms as the rest. we will not have divergence, which separates northern ireland economically or politically, from the rest of the u.k. reporter: the republic of ireland believes it has been agreed. >> the irish negotiating team received confirmation from the british government and task force that the united kingdom had agreed at the border they had met our concerns. i am surprised and disappointed the british government now appears to not be in a position to conclude what was agreed to earlier today. reporter: next week, e.u. leaders will decide if enou

and the republic of ireland and between northern ireland and the u.k. so it kind of binds the u.k. closer to the european model of regulation this is somewhat complicated but i think this is where the focus is at the moment i want i want to pick up on the issue of the ireland the irish border just a moment but i want to get your take on what we saw tonight in london in parliament in this vote basically a slap in the face to theresa may is her hand now significantly weakened when she returns to the negotiating table with the e.u. . i mean on the surface you would think so but she has been through so many crises in the past few months and she has so far survived those those upheavals on those difficulties so i think the feeling in brussels is that she is safe for the moment because there isn't within the conservative party and obvious replacement because there is still a civil war within the tory cabinet to the direction of travel with brags that so she's kind of in place because there's no alternative and i think even with tonight's vote the prevailing w

already unique circumstances and solutions for northern ireland. i am competent that we -- i am confident that we can ensure there will not be a hard border in northern ireland. >> good morning. sky news. prime minister, can i ask you what has changed between monday's lunch and now, which allows you to say a deal is done now and you couldn't on monday? president juncker, specifically on the european court of justice, it was a big sticking point. the prime minister says now that eu citizens in the u.k. will be under u.k. law and u.k. courts. is that correct and are you happy with that? the firstster may: on point, as we both said on monday, there were a couple of issues we still had to finalize as we went through the last few days. as i said in the remarks just made, one of the things you can see is a strengthening of the in relation to northern ireland and the united kingdom. i think that is important and helpful. in the joint report, you will see the commitment to no hard ensurebut also that we we retain the constitutional integrity of economic in

within the joint report, you will see the commitment of no hard border between ireland and rthern ireland and ensure we ensure that constitutional authority for the united kingdom. on in explain later detail because it would take too much time to explain this. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> bbc reporting that prime minister said that the u.k. will get bogged down or crash without a brexit

no hard border between ireland and the republic. —— northern ireland and the republic.an eu memberand if the story was belgium said the eu will support their demands, we wouldn't be surprised. we have this idea because of the said culture and history, ireland should somehow be oi'i history, ireland should somehow be on our history, ireland should somehow be on our side but there's no reason that the eq wouldn't support i, this plays right into their hands. it's stating the obvious. the reason i think it's a story, they are cranking up this anti—british feeling going into the talks and donald tusk, the paper says he is brussels chief, he has a longer title vow that, he is actually saying the irish have the vetoes if they don't like whatever they are doing coming out, they have a veto. the rest can do what they are saying. that is i story because every week we find a way for the p3 p3 cy wanting... eu -- eu —— papers there are 27 eu states and they each have a red line. they will go back to their countries and sell whatever it is to the electorate. rob nolan that'll be wo

ramifications for ireland if it doesn't turn out as dublin might want?reaked out, yeah, on a scale of freaked outness, we are out the top, it is the good friday agreement, the peace process, the hugely integrated economy between ireland and the uk, vast volumes of agri—food, a hard brexit will hurt ireland badly. it will also affect the border, which is now back in irish politics, which is a real tragedy, because it was gone from irish politics for 20 years since the good friday agreement, so it is a huge worry. matt is in the audience. now, matt, you work in number ten, you are from northern ireland, and you were on with brexitcast a couple of weeks ago talking about this, so have the government been surprised, were they too late, or was it always a problem that was bubbling away in the basement and they thought they could come to it later on? it is true to say before the referendum in 2016 and then for the first six to ten months post—referendum period the irish issues, the entire island, as tony talked about, northern ireland specifically and the issu

in northern ireland, there will be no ha rd northern ireland, there will be no hard border, we can guaranteeagreement. in doing so, we will continue to preserve the constitutional and economic integrity of the united kingdom. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, praised the prime minister for her "determination" and says the negotiations have been difficult for both sides. i believe we have now made the breakthrough we need. today's result is of course a compromise. it is a result of a long and intense discussion. as in any negotiation, both sides had to listen to each other. boat of the state made earlier today. —— those were the statements. speaking a little earlier now on the bbc‘s daily politics programme, the shadow brexit secretary, welcomed the agreement. it is progress. it has come a bit later than we thought, but it is progress and it was really important that we had the deadline next week because of that had been missed, it would have been another three months before we could have got to that deadline and we do need to move on to talk about the next stage.

and northern ireland.gdom is leaving the european union, even the single market, leaving the customs union, and i think that's a very important statement now. so in general the dup field that their concerns have been dealt with, but they didn‘t get everything they wanted. in fact, they say they still think they would have liked to have seen more progress on the think they would have liked to have seen more progress on the draft text, but they say they think the issues that they still have concerns that can be worked through in parliament or the next phase of the talks, as there will be plenty more talking to do on the issue of the irish border whenever the brexit talks move the second phase, which we now know will happen stop white thanks very much. we have made some significant progress this morning, but there is quite a big "but" attached. india really go on the trade talks and therein lies a whole mother can of worms. the prime minister has been on the lionel ritchie shift. all nightlong she was making

that is the situation in ireland.cross brexit that he's brought with him his trusty companion, his brexit ring file. brought with him his trusty companion, his brexit ring filem has all the documents inside. tell love them. this is only one of two. this open it up and let people feel. this open it up and let people feel. this is my brexit binder, uk edition. this is all the papers the uk has published throughout the whole brexit. what oldies post-it notes ? whole brexit. what oldies post-it notes? just my little tabs to tell it is. this is where the prime minister set out the red lines in january. then a white paper with more detail, then the famous article 50 letter. then another thousand pages to go. we get it! but no document added today. that's what i'm sad about. we were looking forward to thisjoint i'm sad about. we were looking forward to this joint report written by the eu and the uk. the holiday of the lunch today between may and the president was to rubber—stamp the document and it would then be published th

the republic of ireland.will make a statement at 2:30pm this afternoon. we will of course bring all developments here on bbc news. in the past hour, donald tusk give an update on the situation on twitter. he said he was encouraged after his phone call with leo varadkar on the issue of violence and added that getting closer to sufficient progress at the december summit. our correspondent is in brussels. a number of developments, but nothing confirmed yet?‘ brussels. a number of developments, but nothing confirmed yet? a lot of speculation and a lot of tweets saying important people in this process think a certain thing. i would say, wait until the document comes out. will understand there is to bea comes out. will understand there is to be a joint report published in the next few hours if it can be agreed over lunch. it will set out all the concessions and compromises and agreements which have been made by both sides in this first phase of brexit talks so far. quite a chunky document. something to get our teet

between the republic of ireland northern ireland and no hard border between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. and of course that is not a solution it's kicking the can down the road so where do things go from here. now the next step now is now that this recommendation has been presented by the commission it needs to be approved by the member twenty seven member states and that will happen next week on an e.u. summit now once that is the case we can then move on to talking at least about a framework off of a possible trade deal and the real crucial issue here the e.u. negotiator michel bunny today presented and he said in order to do that successfully what he needs is more clarity from the u.k. so far he has seen a lot of red lines things the u.k. does not want in the future he needs to know what they do want because he says when you bring the red lines in line with the models that the e.u. has with other non even member states who are still part of the internal market so norway switzerland even south korea has a deal with the e.u. if you bring that in line there's only one mo

it would send northern ireland on a different path to the rest of the uk.e text that we were shown very late yesterday morning did not translate what we had been told in general conversations into reality. would you be willing to see the deal fail? we don't want to see the talks fail. we don't want to see an outcome where there's no deal. we want to see a sensible brexit. it's not a done deal, never too late. yesterday's collapse provoked arguments on all sides, with some believing scotland, wales or some sectors of the economy should all get special status now. in dublin, one clear message: no budging. clinging to the agreement that the north and south would mirror each others‘ rules and regulations in future. the ball is in london's court. the prime minister and the european commission, the negotiating teams, have asked for more time. i understand that the prime minister is managing many difficulties. number 10 still believes it could be back on by the end of the week. sorted certainly by christmas. but the failure yesterday meant a barrage of attacks in

it either will have to be between the irish republic and more than ireland, or between northern irelandk, and none of these options look simple. if, for example, there is some sort of special deal brokered between ireland and the uk, what will the other members of the european union think about that? what will their reaction be? because, of course, all of us has to go through the government. in my view, the government. in my view, the government of ireland cannot have a special deal with the uk. it will have to be with the eu 27 and the uk, because the republic of ireland is part of the european union as a single market. there are many, many rules which regulate how a single market works. it has to be between the eu 27 and the uk government. thank you for your perspective. interesting to get the view from brussels on this story. we will have more on that in the news briefing looking at grass in ireland and their take what at the weekend. australia has become the latest country to ask if google and facebook are too powerful in the advertising world. the competition regulator is going to