This deadline appears to have slipped, making a likely special Brexit summit in November the next make-or-break moment. The 1972 attack on the Newry customs office was not the first and would not be the last. John McNamee, dressed as customs workers, joined other members of Border Communities Against Brexit earlier this year to protest against Brexit by setting up an old customs post at Carrickcarnon between Dundalk and Newry. Still bitter about her father’s killing, she fears for the fallout from Brexit if the politicians get it wrong. You see if Brexit brings the violence back, they will be younger and they will have no fear because they won’t remember,” says Mary, who will never forget.

Source: The Irish Times October 17, 2018 07:33 UTC