Brexit has put massive strain on Irish-UK relations but could a tiny islet be the rock on which they perish? It is a tiny, inhospitable, uninhabited granite island that juts out of the North Atlantic about 300km from Scotland and 423km from Ireland. In 1972, Britain passed the Island of Rockall Act, formally declaring Rockall to be part of Scotland. The decision was taken not to make an opposing claim on the island but to assert our contention that Britain had no exclusive rights to the surrounding seas. At least not without making a formal claim and having that claim approved by the UN.

Source: Irish Examiner June 10, 2019 22:52 UTC