Ireland should begin preparing for ‘peaceful reunification’, says Oireachtas committee

Ireland should begin preparing for “peaceful reunification” to address the long-term consequence of Brexit, an Oireachtas committee has urged.

A “New Ireland Forum 2” to achieve a nationalist consensus on how to unite the island should be established, a report published yesterday by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement said.

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK sharing a land border with an EU state — the Republic of Ireland —and its status after Brexit is a key factor in talks between London and Brussels amid claims the region would be worst-affected by a hard exit.