Mischief-makers may be lying in wait to cause trouble if a hard border is imposed on the island of Ireland, Mary Robinson has said. Mr Varadkar has been accused of scaremongering after warning during this week's EU summit that a return to violence is a possibility in such a scenario post-Brexit. Mrs Robinson, speaking to the Press Association at the One Young World summit in The Hague, said a hard border could provide a "visible opportunity" to those who wish to disrupt the peace process. The Democratic Unionist Party's Brexit spokesman, Sammy Wilson, branded Mr Varadkar "vile" and accused him of using victims of terrorism in order to scaremonger. But Mr Varadkar was defended by Tanaiste Simon Coveney, who said concerns about the potential to destabilise the island's "very precious peace" were real.

Source: Evening echo October 20, 2018 13:30 UTC