Declare Ireland a travel free zone and have done with it - problem solved

SIR,

So time is passing on and the final decision on Brexit is still in the offing. Did anyone think that it would be different? Could anyone have thought that the British would bow the knee to their European Masters? Definitely not, they are not for changing unlike us Irish who, having had our democratic vote on the Lisbon Treaty, we were told that we did not really understand it, vote again and this time get it right.

So we did and we did, well at least in their eyes.

Then again there was the banking fiasco when Ireland was held up to all other Europeans as how a small country could rapidly develop. The European banks poured their money into our banks and then, when the bubble burst, insisted that the taxpayers should pay up for their stupidity.

Of course, there was the Hoolie in the Dáil when our politicians returned from Europe stating that the taxpayer would be aided by the European Central Band and things would not be so bad.

We were, it seems, to be in for a ‘soft’ landing. What a joke, so we got stuck with all of the debt.

The English seem to be quite prepared to tear up the Good Friday Agreement now that a sort of peace had descended over here. Do they fully realize just how tenuous that thread really is?

Of course, the real answer to all of the Brexit problems is to declare Ireland a Travel Free Zone. No borders between Ireland and England and no borders between Ireland and Europe.

There now, problem solved so let’s get down to a real problem, just who do we want as our next President?

Sincerely,

Michael O’Meara, Faha,

Killarney.