Border infrastructure most important agenda for Ireland, not the deal

There will be an obligation on Dublin, London and Brussels to find a way of avoiding physical infrastructure returning to the Irish border even if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, Ireland's foreign minister said on Thursday.

"As far as I'm concerned, the British government has made a commitment to Ireland to not make decisions that would result in physical border infrastructure re-emerging and they have an obligation to follow through on that commitment," Simon Coveney told a parliamentary committee.

"Deal or no deal, there is an obligation on the Irish and British governments, and the EU to try and work together to find a way of avoiding physical border infrastructure on this island." (Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Toby Chopra)