Ireland open to a Brexit deal but yet to see UK proposals - Coveney

FILE PHOTO: Ireland's Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney during a press conference in London Britain May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland wants a deal on an orderly British exit from the European Union but Britain has so far failed to come up with a written plan, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday.

"We in the EU ...are open to a deal but it must achieve the aims of the backstop through a legally operable solution," Coveney told reporters.