British Influence: Brexit - the Irish Dimension

16 June 2016

The report examines the potential economic and political implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland, Ireland and Anglo-Irish relations.

These are issues that have only been considered on the periphery of the referendum debate until very recently and yet represent some of the most serious considering the potential effects Brexit could have on the Irish peace process and North-South cooperation. 

Those who argue for the UK to leave the EU have for the most part dismissed the Irish dimension of Brexit as either irrelevant or inconsequential, a worryingly passive stance. Considering the seriousness with which people on both sides of the Irish border are taking the possibility of the UK voting to leave, Brexit advocates need rapidly to reconsider that stance and begin providing answers for these legitimate concerns.

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