Taoiseach Micheál Martin says New Year s Eve is real end deadline to Brexit talks Micheál Martin said December 31 was the Brexit talks real end deadline
Dr Francis Costello has urged the taoiseach to restore EU voting rights. Picture by Declan Roughan
THE TAOISEACH has conceded that December 31 is the real end deadline in the bid to secure a EU-UK trade deal but Micheál Martin said he was hopeful the negotiators can come to an agreement in the coming days.
The Fianna Fáil leader told RTÉ that while very significant challenges needed to be overcome before a deal could be struck, he said both sides were very possessed of the need to get outcomes .