“On Ireland and Northern Ireland, Michel gave credit to this, our coordinators have met again to build on discussions in July” – said the UK top negotiator David Davis, following the third round of Brexit talks in Brussels. “We had a good discussion on maintaining the Common Travel Area and on safeguarding the Good Friday Agreement, on the basis of the UK paper” – David ensured, underlining there is a high degree of convergence on these key issues, and we agreed to work up shared principles on the Common Travel Area. He also pointed out that there is a need to carry out further joint technical work on cross-border co-operation under the Good Friday Agreement.