European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) poses with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny ahead of a meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker assured Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Thursday that his negotiators would push to protect Ireland's interests around Northern Ireland during Brexit talks with London.
Kenny met European Commission President Juncker and EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels, where he stressed Dublin's concerns about keeping its border with the British province "as open as possible" once it becomes the EU's only land frontier with Britain - in part to avoid risking a return to sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland.
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