thousands of English football fans in Dublin today among them the Prime Minister Kier starmer an avid Arsenal fan and five asight player with his Irish counterpart Simon Harris who was once forced to go in goals and ended up losing 7 nil and we should do the swap we do the swap they SWA jerseys along with ideas on how to improve anglo-irish relations we're here in Dublin to probably try to flet out yeah um what a reset actually looks like and what it looks like in a in a practical sense for our citizens on on both Islands um and I certainly know that it has to be embedded in things like peace uh Prosperity mutual respect that reset I think can be meaningful it can be deep um of course it covers the relationship between our two countries obviously it has to cover the Good Friday agreement um but of course at the same time there are international issues which are pressing trade was top of the agenda it's worth about 100 billion pound across the Irish Sea and the two leaders heard from business groups on how that trade could be further enhanced according to the Prime Minister unlocking a better relationship with the EU as a whole is key alongside the reset of this relationship we also want to reset the relationship with the EU and in that way uh make a significant difference to trade growth and the economy to give you an idea of just how Frosty anglo-irish relations were post brexit it's been 5 years years since a prime minister made the hourlong flight here to Dublin that was bars Johnson in 2019 at the height of the brexit drama number 10 now Keen to point out that by meeting the t- shuk twice in just nine weeks Kier starmer is sending a message about just how real this reset in relations Is with the match looming the Prime Minister was also asked about England interim manager Lee carsley Under Fire for saying he wouldn't sing the national anthem what others do is really a matter for them so you're not concerned at all that the manager will not sing God Save the King tonight I know what I'll be doing and I'll be singing it I won't just be singing it I'll be cheering the team on with that it was after the Aviva stadium football friends a day of relentlessly positive messaging from both governments as they try to salvage a damaged relationship Steven riffy Sky News in Dublin