'The backstop has been replaced': Varadkar hails agreement between EU and UK

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arrives at the EU Summit with Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee. Image: AP/PA Images Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arrives at the EU Summit with Minister of State for European Affairs Helen McEntee. Image: AP/PA Images TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has hailed the agreement reached between the UK and the EU for avoiding a hard border in Ireland.

“[It] protects the all-island economy, protects the single market and our place in it and also, and we were happy to accept this, takes account of the democratic wishes of the people of Northern Ireland. The DUP has already said that it will vote against the deal, which in short will see Northern Ireland inside the UK customs territory but still aligned to a set of EU rules.

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