‘Moment for reset’ in UK-Ireland relations, says Keir Starmer
It is the “moment for reset” of relations between Ireland and UK, the British prime minister has said during his first official visit to Dublin.
Keir Starmer is visiting Ireland for a meeting with Taoiseach Simon Harris.
Commerce across the Irish Sea, a trade relationship worth €120 billion a year which supports thousands of jobs, was at the top of the agenda.
The leaders shook hands at the doorway of Farmleigh House before moving inside where Mr Starmer signed the visitors’ book.
After greeting the UK prime minister at the Government’s formal reception house for State visits, the Taoiseach wished Mr Starmer “a hundred thousand welcomes” to Ireland.
Mr Harris, who described Mr Starmer as his friend, said: “It’s a really great honour to host you here today on your first official visit to Ireland as prime minister.”
Speaking at Farmleigh House, he added: “We both said we wish to really place British-Irish relations on a new path and I really appreciate the…
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