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According to the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, the Brexit undermined the Good Friday agreement that ended thirty years of violence in Northern Ireland.
"Brexit has undermined the Good Friday deal and shakes relations between Britain and Ireland," he told Marian Finucane, the RTE broadcast.
The border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit was one of the major stumbling blocks in UK negotiations for the exit of the European Union in March of next year.
"Anything that distinguishes the communities of Northern Ireland harms the Good Friday agreement and anything that sets Great Britain apart from Ireland undermines those relationships," added Varadkar.
He said that we had to ensure that, whatever happens, we would not see the emergence of a hard border in Ireland.
Recent reports suggest that there is growing hope that the "moment of truth" is coming after months of painful negotiations between the EU and the UK.
Sources say the British government is now determined to find a solution to the "Irish question" in the coming days.
The divided Theresa May cabinet could meet as soon as Tuesday to draft the final text, which would facilitate a special meeting of EU leaders on November 21 and 22.
Mr Varadkar added that he had good relations with DUP leader Arlene Foster and that he was dining with her recently.
He said that the DUP and Sinn Féin should be heard to make the Northern Ireland Assembly operational again. and that if the Brexit was clarified soon, it would be possible to put the executive power back into service.
Mr Varadkar also spoke about the housing crisis in Ireland and said that it had always been difficult to buy a house in Ireland.
"This year we will build 20,000 new homes and apartments in Ireland. It's more than any year of the last decade, "said Leo Varadkar at Marian Finucane's broadcast of RTE.
"You can not do it overnight, there are constraints and people can complain as they see fit. You can not increase the number of homes as much.
"People have always had to save. My parents will tell me about the 1980s when they had a 16pc interest. When buying their first home, many people could only supply one room a year.
"Previously, in Ireland, people bought their first home in their twenties, as I had done. We now find that the average person who buys his first house is between 30 and 30 years old.
Asked about the vulture funds, Mr Varadkar said that they could benefit people experiencing difficulties in paying their mortgage.
"Every case is really different," he said.
"You see cases where banks and investment funds or vulture funds actually enter into transactions and you will see different situations in which people do not pay for a different reason.
"We have the rent system to buy in which a housing association can enter and buy the house at the bank or investment fund and then charge you the rent."
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