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Brexit Explained

What Is the Problem with the Irish Border?



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The “unsinkable” Titanic was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s modern-day capital city. Now HMS Brexit threatens to sink the nation. Britain’s Channel 4 News condenses a century of Anglo-Irish history in an effort to decipher the current political shipwreck to those seeking a brief, basic analysis of why Brexit talks have run aground. 

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  • Northern Ireland’s border with the Republic of Ireland is the main sticking point in Brexit negotiations. The nations must decide how to treat goods crossing the border.
  • A 30-year-long bloody conflict over Northern Ireland’s sovereignty, known as the Troubles, ended in a peace treaty in 1998.
  • Erecting customs checkpoints – that is, a hard border, a symbol of British rule – between Northern Ireland and the Republic could inspire republican dissidents to respond with violence.

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On air since 1982, Channel 4 News is the main news program on British television broadcaster Channel 4.


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