Thomas Byrne: “The magic of the negotiations that we're trying to effect here is to make sure we have a package where everybody can…”

Neither does anybody here in Ireland," he said.

I can't give any assurances to anybody at this time because we're in the throes of the negotiations.

That's why it's absolutely important that we see today where the compromises can be reached, where red lines are really being drawn, and how we can actually all, as European citizens, be winners out of this process.

Icelandic people voted the way they did, what can we do? They made the decision.