Martin McGuinness, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and a leader of Sinn Fein, called Brexit "a disaster for Ireland". Now there is peace - and plenty of golf being played - along the 480km of the sinuous border that separates Northern Ireland from Ireland. What will happen to the Irish isle, north and south, is one of the biggest wild cards of the Brexit vote. Sinn Fein's leader, Gerry Adams, said that the vote by Northern Ireland against Brexit should boost support for a future referendum on Irish unity. Arlene Foster, first minister of Northern Ireland, vowed that little would change along the border and said talk of a referendum on the unification of Ireland was folly.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 10, 2016 02:37 UTC