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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

EU and UK could ‘have another go’ at Brexit talks, says NI minister

Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns
Conor Burns says he will be advising the new prime minister that there ‘could well be the appetite to have another go’ at ending row with EU over Brexit deal. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Hopes that Brexit talks between the EU and the UK could restart after nine months of paralysis were raised over the weekend after Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns held talks with the European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič.

He spoke as the Irish prime minister, Micheál Martin, said the deepening row over the Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland was “testing and fraying” Anglo-Irish relations, but that the arrival of a new prime minister offered a chance for a fresh approach to break the impasse.

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