# Burnham pledges ‘further steps’ to deepen UK-EU ties in meeting with Irish Taoiseach

https://mins.news/en/item/64407

- euronews, 2026-09-18 14:20 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/18/burnham-pledges-further-steps-to-deepen-ties-with-eu-in-meeting-with-irish-taoiseach

> Burnham promised to take “further steps” to deepen ties between the UK and the EU during a meeting with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Martin said a closer UK-EU relationship would benefit both the European Union and Ireland.

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