Meanwhile, Coveney had cultivated strong relations with the impressive new Northern Secretary
“The meeting [between Varadkar and Johnson] was on the cards from before the weekend but was only really firmed up the day before.and Manchester. We did not want to go to Downing Street. We wanted a venue that could be considered neutral. In the end we chose Liverpool as we could meet halfway between Dublin and London,” The Irish Times was told by the source.
The Irish delegation comprised of 10 people, including Callinan, Fraser, Blake and the Taoiseach’s special adviser“To be honest, the expectations going over were uncertain and unclear, especially given the briefings that were emanating from Downing Street,” said the source.The meeting was unusual. It was the third meeting between the two leaders, but unlike the others, where the one-on-one encounters lasted no more than 15 minutes, this continued for three hours.
It was also unusual as the first time the State did not delegate the primary negotiations to the EU, although everything that occurred before and after was relayed to, and approved by, Barnier.
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