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A shared-space solution to Ireland’s Brexit Border problem

A deal could allow free passage across the island with rules on entry and exit.

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Ireland-NI Border 019.jpeg
Ireland-NI Border 019.jpeg

The Ireland/Northern Ireland border.

A hard Brexit spells trouble for life on both sides of the Irish Border and our only hope, as all seem to agree, is to establish a special relationship with mainland Britain and the continental EU.

But what relationship should we seek? If only for the sake of further discussion, and without exploring difficulties of detail (where the devil surely lurks), I would like to propose a shared-space model.