Customs border posts Northern Ireland

Bonfire near customs posts at Northern Ireland border south of Newry. The Republican Irish people do not recognise Ireland as being separated by borders, as they don’t use the word London just Derry. There are over a hundred ‘peace walls’ or security barriers dotted around Northern Ireland. In some areas the barriers are coming down. However with the possibility of Brexit and hard borders the problems existing between communities can escalate, the Good Friday Agreement scuppered and violence threatens to come back

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Bonfire near customs posts at Northern Ireland border south of Newry. The Republican Irish people do not recognise Ireland as being separated by borders, as they don’t use the word London just Derry. There are over a hundred ‘peace walls’ or security barriers dotted around Northern Ireland. In some areas the barriers are coming down. However with the possibility of Brexit and hard borders the problems existing between communities can escalate, the Good Friday Agreement scuppered and violence threatens to come back