As the UK attended its last European Council of Ministers on Tuesday 28 January, before it leaves the EU at midnight Brussels time on 31 January, the EU negotiator for the future relationship with the country, Michel Barnier, had reiterated the day before in Dublin that the EU "will not turn its back" on Northern Ireland and that this part of the UK could continue to "count" on the EU.
After meeting Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Dublin, Michel Barnier gave a speech on Monday evening...