No need for a veto on border, says Coveney

Simon Coveney talks about his relationship with the Taoiseach, his certainty that there will be no backing down on preventing the return of a Northern border, and his reasons for defending Frances Fitzgerald

Simon Coveney

Newly appointed Tánaiste Simon Coveney is taking part in the most important Anglo-Irish negotiations since Michael Collins went to London to sign the Treaty almost a century ago.

Back then, it was Ireland against an empire. This time, it is Coveney’s job to keep 26 EU countries on side in trying to wring concessions out of a shaky British government.

But while preparations were being stepped up for the crucial summit of EU ...