Brexit Brief 142

The early days and weeks of Rishi Sunak’s occupancy of No 10 Downing Street have been marked by some optimism, and better ‘mood music’ in relations between Dublin and London, as the Prime Minister and Taoiseach Micheál Martin held ‘positive’ meetings at COP27 and at the British-Irish Council in Blackpool. Progress has also been noted on EU-UK engagement and technical talks have taken place.