WATCH: David Puttnam says our children will pay the price of Brexit

British peer and Oscar winner David Puttnam has railed against Brexit, claiming future generations, including those in Ireland, will pay the price.

Speaking at an event in West Cork, Puttnam said the idea of re-erecting a border between the North and the Republic was “bonkers” and the vote in the United Kingdom today on whether Britain remains in the EU was the most important of his lifetime.

The filmmaker, a Labour peer in the House of Lords and a resident of Skibbereen, was speaking in Lisavaird National School near Clonakilty, the primary school attended by Michael Collins.