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The leaders of Ireland and Austria have welcomed Theresa May’s new Brexit plan as a step forward but said many questions remained to be answered in the negotiations ahead.

The Austrian chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, is currently on the old Dublin-Belfast border crossing to hear about cross-border co-operation. Speaking on arrival in Dublin he said that it was positive that Britain had now presented its position after May secured cabinet agreement on Friday but that there were still many open questions.

The taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, said negotiators could be more optimistic than they were a week ago but reiterated the EU’s position that the UK could not cherry pick parts of the single market with a “goods only” approach. He said: