Brexit means Brexit and we're going to make a success of it.

We have got a cast iron assurance and a guarantee from the British government.

The particular problems around the Irish border are being used politically to try to frustrate

Brexit.

Northern Ireland must lead the European Union on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom.

Northern Ireland would form part of our customs territory.

Hello and welcome to Brexit Republic, RTE's podcast on Brexit.

I'm Tony Connolly, RTE's Europe editor in Brussels.

I'm Sean Whelan, RTE's correspondent in London.

And I'm Colm Ongo Nguown, RTE's Deputy Foreign Editor in Dublin.

Each week, Brexit Republic assesses all the latest Brexit developments in Brussels, London, and here in Dublin.

As the dust settles over the seismic Irish general election result, Boris Johnson has been

betting down his election victory with a brutal cabinet reshuffle.

We'll look at what the sacking of Northern Ireland's secretary Julian Smith might mean for Ireland and the Brexit process.

And we'll be assessing how the UK is preparing to implement the Irish protocol

with an internal commission document showing the EU will be taking a tough line on those checks and controls in the Irish Sea.

And we look at the European Parliament's resolution

on the forthcoming trade negotiations

and whether this is all part of pre-negotiation shape-throwing.

But first, Sean, to paraphrase the great Shane McGowan,

Saj to say, I must be on my way. Indeed. So buy me

beer and whiskey. It's a broad a day that turned out to be, wasn't it, a real bombshell?

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