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

Meeting of Conor Burns and Maro efovi a promising sign as taoiseach says dispute is testing and fraying' Anglo-Irish relations

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 Maro efovi.

He spoke as the Irish prime minister, Micheal 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.