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DUP leader says would prefer no Brexit deal to ‘annexation’ of Northern Ireland

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – The head of the Northern Irish party that props up Prime Minister Theresa Mays government said on Saturday she would prefer no Brexit deal to a bad deal, saying the current proposal would permanently annex Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom.

FILE PHOTO: Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster holds a news conference at the European Parliament after a meeting with EUÕs Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Writing in the Belfast Telegraph newspaper, Arlene Foster also said she wanted a deal that would work for the Republic of Ireland and said she would travel to Dublin for talks on Monday

Reporting by Conor Humphries; Editing by Gareth Jones

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