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EU and UK used to throw around the threat of a no deal #Brexit in order to pressurise the other side during negotiations. Now - with political brinkmanship the order of the day and with parliament so splintered - Brussels sees no deal as an ever more real possibility 1
Ireland is the EU country with most to lose from "no deal" : in terms of trade and a massive hit to the Irish economy but also from the threat to the NI peace process. Today, while the PM is in NI, the Irish government is launching a two-pronged diplomatic offensive abroad: 2
The Taoiseach is in Brussels for a day of high level EU talks while his deputy is in the US, lobbying lawmakers. Ahead of Coveney's visit, a group of prominent Irish Americans wrote to Theresa May expressing concern over the potential #Brexit impact on the Good Friday Agreement 3
