Ireland’s Varadkar says it’s up to the UK to come up with Irish border solution

Republic of Ireland Taoiseach  Leo Varadkar speaking from EU summit 23 March

• UK needs to show real engagement on border next week

Lest we forget that the final Brexit deal is far from done.

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