Northern Ireland-only backstop still

peaking at Fianna Fail’s Annual Parliamentary Party meeting in Gorey, Co Wexford, on Monday, Micheal Martin said he felt the idea of a Northern Ireland-only special economic zone was favourable.

“A Northern Ireland-only backstop, I think, is still on the table,” he said. 

If enough guarantees can be given there to ensure the constitutional framework of the Good Friday Agreement prevails, in the context of a Northern Ireland-specific arrangement, there may be potential for an exit agreement to be arrived at