Ireland’s Coveney: No-deal Brexit 'very, very unlikely'

Reuters reports comments from the Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney delivered in an interview with Irish state broadcaster RTE, with the key quotes found below.

When asked about the publication by the British government last week of planning for a possible no-deal Brexit, Coveney noted: “I have said and I continue to say that I believe a no-deal Brexit is very, very unlikely.” 

But he warned that Ireland would not change its own red lines on the key Brexit issue of the Irish border, saying Ireland’s position “has remained consistent and firm ... and is not going to change.”