Members of the UVF have told the Irish government to "tone down" the rhetoric over Brexit for fears the "Brit-bashing" could harm the peace process, it has been reported.

The Guardian reports senior loyalist paramilitaries warned the Irish Government it risked antagonising members of the loyalist community by making reference to possible threats against border posts.

Meeting with Irish government officials, the members criticised the rhetoric from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and the way he had presented the issue of the Irish border issue and the potential threat to violence.

Although the meeting reportedly took place two months ago, Varadkar has continued to make reference to the potential threat of violence there could be to border posts.

Earlier this month addressing fellow EU leaders in Brussels, the Taoiseach related the story of an IRA bomb attack at a customs post in Newry, Co Down in 1972.

During the meeting he held up a copy of the Irish Times, which carried an image of the bomb attack.

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