British-only border jobs are discriminatory, claims Sinn Fein

Gary Gibson: Dear God, the irony. It’s the British side of the border, therefore open to British citizens only. Not that hard to understand, surely? Unless they now want to be British.

Peter McCallion: Hedoes have a point, though.

Matthew John Fisher: Both sides are Irish.

Darren Brennan: The GFA allows people from the north to identify as Irish, British, or both. Surely, if you are born in the North with an Irish passport, you should be able to do the job?

Steve Rough: Most governments, including the Irish, have a requirement for those protecting their border to be citizens. Nothing to stop dual nationals — and you don’t have to have a passport. A fuss about nothing.

Sean McNally: Alotof hypocrisy evident today. The people gloating and laughing at the border jobs were the same people fear-mongering about the Irish language being a requirement for the Civil Service. Pathetic.

Gabhan Padraig Bradley: This is how Brexit will tear the peace process apart. We’ve already seen people denied benefits on the basis of their community background.

Neil Lowry: This is hilarious. Discriminatory to give British jobs to British people? Oh, the horror.

Peter McCallion: That wasn’t his point, though.

Marty Sheehan: Funny how the UDA, UVF and Red Hand Commando say they’re going legit and border patrol jobs suddenly appear. Jobs for the boys.

Stephen Robin Getty: I thought the ‘soft border patrol’ was an independent, cross-border body jointly funded by the UK/ Republic of Ireland/EU.

Jeff Scott: The evidence of bigotry and hatred for everything British is etched on their faces.

Peter McCallion: Or they are simply highlighting that it goes against the GFA and discriminates against citizens in NI who are Irish. If the Republic suddenly flaunted its GFA stipulations and put a claim back on the North, you’d have a meltdown.