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Recently I returned to Ireland’s border to walk it, map it and write a book. I was interested in the people for whom the borderland is home. I became fascinated by paths they had cut across this ...
This article traces the complex evolution of the Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland border—from the Irish Civil War through ...
Reality Check verdict: This is true - there are 137 land border crossings to the east of the EU, compared with 275 between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
PostEverything Brexiteers ignored Ireland. Ireland may have the last laugh. 'Leave’ voters don’t care about the tenuous peace process, but the E.U. does.
The Border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland has been the issue that has bedevilled the Brexit negotiations, one that has overshadowed the departure of the United Kingdom from ...
That hedgerow is actually marked on the map, with a borderline symbol that is loaded with meaning and contention. Recently I returned to Ireland’s border to walk it, map it and write a book.
Reality Check verdict: This is true - there are 137 land border crossings to the east of the EU, compared with 275 between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
I grew up near Ireland’s border when it was a hard border, though we had yet to learn the term. The border was guarded with customs posts and military fortifications, and often there were ...
Reality Check verdict: This is true - there are 137 land border crossings to the east of the EU, compared with 275 between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.