Ireland's prime minister, an impassioned opponent of Brexit, noted that rather than putting up a new wall, the Irish were trying to prevent an old barrier from going back up — in the form of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the southern Republic nyti.ms
Theresa May's hopes in Brussels rest on a paradox: If the E.U. accepts a "no deal" Brexit rather than renegotiate guarantees on Ireland's relationship with Northern Ireland, it risks creating the hard border those guarantees are designed to prevent. nyti.ms
Ireland's Parliament would have to quickly approve at least 45 pieces of legislation to cope with a no-deal Brexit, according to a government contingency plan, which pointedly omits any consideration of a hard border with Northern Ireland nyti.ms