Ireland's Varadkar confident of Brexit delay amid uncertainty
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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has told Cabinet colleagues that a delay of Britain's exit date from the European Union from March 29 to June is "very likely", Ireland's Sunday Independent quoted an unnamed minister as saying.
"The Taoiseach (prime minister) has privately said to us that it is very likely there will be an extension until June," the minister was quoted as saying. A spokesman for Varadkar did not respond to a request for immediate comment.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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