Ireland calls UK Brexit secretary’s comments ‘nonsense’

Bloomberg

Ireland’s deputy prime minister assailed UK Brexit Secretary David Davis’ suggestion that Sinn Fein is influencing the Dublin government as “nonsense,” in the latest sign of tension between the two countries over the UK vote to leave the EU.
The Irish government under Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has “quite a strong influence from Sinn Fein” when it comes to Brexit, The Times of London quoted Davis as saying.
Those comments are “way off the mark and inaccurate and perhaps it would be helpful if David came to Dublin and we could talk about Irish politics and how it works here,” Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney said in an RTE Radio interview on Tuesday.
“The idea that the Irish government has its approach to Brexit influenced or dictated by Sinn Fein is a nonsense.”