Ireland will not be allowed to suffer because of UK's Brexit decision, EU negotiator

EU parliament negotiator Guy Verhofstadt has warned that borders breed “discrimination” and “hostility” and that Ireland will not be allowed to suffer by the decision of the British to leave the European Union, writes Juno McEnroe.

EU parliament negotiator Guy Verhofstadt has warned that borders breed “discrimination” and “hostility” and that Ireland will not be allowed to suffer by the decision of the British to leave the European Union, writes Juno McEnroe.

Delivering a special speech in the Dáil chamber this morning, the Belgium politician outlined how he had visited the border region yesterday and said that reinstating a physical divide between North and South Ireland would be “absurd”.