The requirements of an invisible Border on the island of Ireland after Brexit must be “de-dramatised”, Ireland’s EU Commissioner Phil Hogan will say in a speech tomorrow clearly targeted at the unionists. “We will not damage the EU’s great achievement of the internal market,” Mr Hogan will say, “just to save the UK from the consequences of its own silliness. On preserving the frictionless Border in Ireland he will say: “The first, and most obvious point, is that it can be achieved if both sides want it. The invisible border is essential for peace – don’t listen to the Three Stooges [Johnson, Farage, Rees-Mogg], they don’t know the first thing about it. In trade terms, he will say maintaining the invisible border will be good for the UK, good for Northern Ireland, good for Ireland, and good for the EU.

Source: The Irish Times September 06, 2018 14:51 UTC