Next generation will not forgive failure to reset British-Irish relations, Taoiseach says

Taoiseach Simon Harris has said the next generation will “never forgive us” if the opportunity to reset British-Irish relations is not seized following Labour’s landslide victory in the UK general election.

Mr Harris acknowledged there had been “clear policy differences and difficulties and challenges” between the UK and Ireland in the years since Brexit, but said he was eager to work with new British prime minister Keir Starmer.

In one of his first acts in power, Mr Starmer had a telephone conversation with the Taoiseach and invited him to Downing Street on July 17th.

Mr Harris told the Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme on Sky News that the British-Irish relationship is “really strong”.

He said: “At the end of the day, we’re neighbours, we’re friends, in many cases we’re family as well, and there’s an opportunity now, a real opportunity that we must seize and that the next generation will never forgive us for if we don’t, to press…

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