Much of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is imperceptible today. And finally, how to do all this without upsetting the delicate peace in Northern Ireland that has relied on an open border. Yet, sectarian lines remain deeply drawn in Northern Ireland. In the 2016 referendum, 56 percent of Northern Ireland voters cast their ballots to remain in the European Union. Polling commissioned by the University of Edinburgh and Cardiff University found that 75 percent of English Tory voters would accept the collapse of the Northern Ireland peace process “as the price of Brexit.”Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland think they are not taken seriously.

Source: Washington Post November 06, 2018 15:10 UTC