Brussels — The UK and the EU are working against the clock to reach a compromise on the Irish border that will allow a breakthrough in Brexit talks at a key meeting next week. Prime Minister Theresa May needs to find a way of wording a commitment to the EU that Brexit will not mean a hard border goes up between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, when the 482km line dividing them becomes the UK’s new frontier with the EU. Her government is talking to Dublin and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, to find a solution by Monday — the deadline all sides are working towards. Reiterating commitments to the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Ireland after decades of violence could be part of the solution, according to four European officials. But Ireland is insisting on a written commitment that goes further, and makes sure regulations on each side of the border won’t diverge significantly after Brexit, one of the officials said. Negotiators have reached a prel...
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