There will be no escaping Border checks after Brexit

NOBODY in the UK seems capable of cutting through the hubris with regards to Brexit. You cannot run with the hares and hunt with the hounds simultaneously.

If you have different customs and different standards in place between the European Union and the United Kingdom there will have to be checks, to protect the integrity of their respective customs and standards.

As for the movement of people, if there is no Border check between Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland nor a border check between the island of Ireland and the island of Great Britain, what’s to stop someone from coming from any part of the EU to the Republic, then on to Northern Ireland and then on to any part of the UK. And vice versa with UK citizens to the EU.

There will have to be checks either somewhere between the Republic and Northern Ireland or somewhere between the island of Ireland and the island of Great Britain. Otherwise why Brexit?

Ireland was divided against the wishes of the majority of the Irish people, resulting in a civil war in the Republic and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Is Ireland to be further divided by Brexit and at what cost to the Irish? And who will be responsible?

It is with much sadness I write the above.

When Anglo/Irish relations were at an all time high, along came Brexit. It may surprise many that on a pro rata population basis there is a higher percentage of UK-born citizens living in Ireland then Irish-born citizens living in the UK. Joseph Mackey Athlone, Co Westmeath