Cormac MacConnell: Heading back to the Border way of life

It now looks certain that what they are calling a hard Border will shortly be imposed again on this island, by our powers-that-be.

Thu, 13 Oct, 2016 - 01:00

Cormac MacConnell

The emerging reality, since Brexit, recalls to my mind the boyhood era when I was part of a gang of smugglers led by my allegedly highly respectable schoolteacher mother.

Again, the purest of truths.

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