Taoiseach warns hard border would 'injure and impede a lot of basic rights'

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has urged caution around opinion polls suggesting that over a third of voters would be in favour of a “hard border” on the island of Ireland to tackle migration.

The Fianna Fáil leader warned that the consequences of such a border would “injure and impede a lot of basic rights”.

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