North-south tensions emerge at peace-building fund launch

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : As well as the taoiseach and secretary of state, the event was attended by vice-president of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic, Irish Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe and the regional head of the civil service Jayne Brady.
55% : The scheme is a partnership between the British and Irish governments, the EU and the Northern Ireland Executive.
53% : But in the press conferences by the taoiseach and secretary of state that followed, tensions appeared to emerge.
48% : Relations between the taoiseach and secretary of state appeared strained on Monday in the aftermath of the launch of a fresh tranche of peace-building funds.
48% : "I did say to the secretary of state that there is going to come a point where we can't keep waiting and we have to start talking about alternative arrangements within the confines of the Good Friday Agreement," he said.
39% : "The secretary of state also criticised remarks by the taoiseach for a "plan B" if the current impasse continued.
35% : Mr Varadkar said during his meeting with the secretary of state he had urged the British government to "pause" its controversial legacy bill.

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