Experienced Antrim hurler Neil McManus has admitted he fears a disorderly Brexit could spell a return to the days of being stopped at border checkpoints on the way to GAA games. The Good Friday Agreement and the removal of a physical border made life easier for GAA players, but the possibility of border infrastructure being reintroduced has prompted fears of tensions returning. “[Brexit] is the only thing we hear about in the North,” said McManus. “If the outcome of Brexit means a hard border, then it’s a huge problem. There’s more people walking about with hurleys than without them.”Asked if he fears a potential return to tensions in Antrim and Ulster with talk of border infrastructure potentially returning, McManus shrugged.

Source: Irish Examiner February 07, 2019 05:48 UTC