Ireland is caught between Brexiteers and Brussels | Letters | Droolin Dog dot Net

The Irish republic and Northern Ireland could pay a high price for the UK's divorce from the EU, suggest letters from readers including the former Labour minister Jeff Rooker Rafael Behr's brilliant evisceration of the UK government's shambolic handling of Brexit makes for depressing reading from the Dublin side of the Irish Sea (As Tories slug it out, does anyone care about Ireland?, 15 November). However, the suspicion remains here that the problem is not just with London but with Brussels too. Brexit was initially met with anger by most Irish people but the upset receded as everyday life got in the way. Now it is back, and the island of Ireland is staring down the barrel of a hard border. These are glum and worrying times. Ireland is caught between undoubtedly ignorant rightwing Eurosceptic British politicians and the mammoth Brussels bureaucracy. Continue reading… Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/19/ireland-is-caught-between-brexiteers-and-brussels Tags: #news, #TopNews, news, UK and EU | #Europe, World News | #WorldNews, #LatestNews, News

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