An adviser to Jean Claude Juncker has poured cold water on the Foreign Affairs MinisterÂ’s proposals to have no border between Ireland and the North.
Simon Coveney suggested last week that it might be possible for the North to maintain a relationship with the customs union, to allow for the free movement of trade.
Details of the UK Government's plan for Europeans living in the UK after Brexit will be published later.
Juliette Gash reports;
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