Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I listened intently to the Taoiseach's report and to what he and the British Prime Minister stated yesterday. I saw no mention of the Taoiseach defending the vote of the people in the North to stay within the EU. If he will be straight about this issue, I want to know whether he argued for the North to be given a specially designated status within the EU. As I have often told him, there is a logic behind this. It is the only way to ensure that there is no land border on this island between the EU and the British state. Did the Taoiseach make this proposal to the British Prime Minister?

A report of the policy department of the citizens' rights and constitutional affairs of the European Parliament published a report that specifically warned that Brexit would affect the Good Friday Agreement. It claims: "The impact (of Brexit) will be political, in particular since the Good Friday Agreement - an international agreement - will require alteration". It also warns about "the re-establishment of a hard border between the north and the south" and the "reversal of improvements in cross-border trade." While it acknowledges the positive impact of EU funding streams in the past, it states that will not be the case in future and there will be a negative financial impact.

The weekend saw the British Secretary of State deciding, on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, that investigations by the PSNI and others into past events were too greatly focused on the actions of the British Army and other state forces. That followed a whole series of attacks on the Public Prosecution Service and the Lord Chief Justice. None of these claims is true. What is true is a desire on the part of the British state and some Unionist parties to provide immunity to British soldiers and others.

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