UK threat over NI Brexit deal ‘breeding mistrust in EU capitals’

Leo Varadkar: ‘The fact that the UK government is talking openly about breaching international law is a matter of concern.’ Photograph: Damien Storan/PA

The UK government’s plan to walk away from parts of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal is destroying the repaired relationship with the EU, political leaders and diplomats have said.

Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s deputy prime minister, told a business dinner in Dublin on Tuesday night that the move was “breeding mistrust in EU capitals”.