Brexit 'level playing field' can be solved with creativity - Irish PM

Some degree of creativity between British and European Union negotiators can deliver agreement on the 'level playing field', one of the major sticking points in their post-Brexit trade talks, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Sunday.

"The level playing field area is one that has bedeviled the talks from the outset. In my view, with some degree of creativity, a resolution can be found in that area," Martin told BBC television.

Martin said he fervently hoped the talks would go on beyond Sunday in search of a deal and that a failure to reach an accord would be an "appalling failure of statecraft" on both sides.