'I was astounded': Foster says Varadkar comments on cross-border travel 'regrettable'

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Northern Ireland enters a two-week circuit-breaker tomorrow.

Image: PA Image: PA STORMONT LEADERS HAVE lambasted “out of touch” Leo Varadkar over cross-border travel during the pandemic.

First Minister Arlene Foster said she was “astounded if not a little bit surprised that the Tánaiste was indicating that people from the Republic of Ireland would not be able to travel to see their families in Northern Ireland during the Christmas period”.She referred to Ireland’s determination to keep the border open following Brexit, adding: “It appears that the border has made a reappearance.

Tomorrow Northern Ireland enters a two-week circuit-breaker designed to arrest the spread of coronavirus.

 

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Astounded or not the border was closed down for foot and mouth, so why not for a global pandemic which is killing people! Numbers in the north are higher than the south and increasing, so Leo has a point!

I assume he said it as ye are going into lock down which will encourage spread of virus 🦠 to the south . 🤷‍♀️See link below

The positive take - Arlene's a closet Utd IRL'der? Surely they have each other's numbers? Or use Nth/Sth Min Council lines of communication instead of unseemly public spat?

You'd think she'd be happy to be keeping the 'Irish' out, what with their fear of everything Irish.

Don’t know which I hate more

How much do you charge to haunt a house? 👻

She's astounded an awful lot lately . Do one Arlene

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