Article: A Social Scientist Looks at the Irish Border and Its Future
Prof Katy Hayward a few questions about what it takes to study issues like the Irish border and what we might expect to see centered on the border in the coming years.
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One of the flash points in the 5-year saga of Britain’s messy exit from the European Union was the island nation’s only substantial land border, the 500-kilometer line separating the six counties of Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland to the west and south. The potential hardening of the border, after years of frictionless passage — and which in turn followed the militarized border of ‘the Troubles’ era — created ample drama but ultimately did not scupper Brexit.