Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks to reporters following meetings with the leaders of Northern Ireland's five main parties in efforts to break a deadlock over Brexit trading rules, saying he is "hopeful that it will be possible to come to an agreement on the protocol that will allow it to work more effectively, hopefully become more acceptable more broadly across society." Varadkar, who returned as premier in December under a rotation deal agreed by the coalition government in Dublin, described the talks as "very constructive", without going into detail. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES