Terror Threats: Europol chief does not foresee border poll or the reunification of Ireland sparking trouble in North

The head of Europol does not believe a border poll or the reunification of Ireland would spark a return of terrorism in the North.

Rob Wainwright, speaking at the MacGill Summer School, said: “The issue is entirely a political one, it’s for the governments of Ireland and the UK to deal with. Would there be a concern? I’m not sure, I think we have come a long way since the Troubles.

“The Ireland that we see today is very different to what we saw all those years ago. I hate to think that we would slip back into something like that, and I am rather optimistic that we wouldn’t, whatever the cause might be.”