Brexit talks hurtling towards new crisis point, says Irish foreign minister

Warning comes as study finds cost of checks on Northern Ireland supermarket deliveries could exceed 100,000 per lorry

Brexit talks are hurtling to another crisis point unless progress is made in the next two rounds of talks, the Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney, has said.

His warning comes as industry analysis of deliveries from Britain to high-street supermarket chains in Northern Ireland found that firms could incur costs of more than 100,000 per lorry unless the special Brexit arrangements for the region were sorted out.