a brief final word on pat liam —— from pat lea hy. final word on pat liam —— from pat leahy. pat lea hy. it has final word on pat liam —— from pat leahy. it has highlighted how difficult it's going to be to resolve this issue of the irish border. i think that's true. one thing that is puzzling people in dublin, i know the dup weren't the only people who raised concerns about this. clearly the scots and the mayor of london and the welsh also said if northern ireland is getting a special deal we would like that. we hear this constant objection from both the dup but also from tory backbenchers saying northern ireland couldn't possibly be any different from the rest of the uk. the fact is northern ireland is quite different from the rest of the uk. that is the basis that the whole good friday agreement which the government say they are committed to defending. there is a fair bit of puzzlement in dublin at that. i think there is in dublin a sense that this is simply the latest example of mrs may not being very good at this process. it is terribly difficult, but at every crucial po