How Brexit Almost Destroyed Peace in Northern Ireland @JamesKerLindsay
How Brexit Almost Destroyed Peace in Northern Ireland @JamesKerLindsay
Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
How close did Brexit come to ending the Good Friday agreement? The UK’s 2016 vote to leave the EU was seen as an existential threat to Ireland's peace and security, with fears that hard borders might resurrect the violence of the Troubles. In the end, tough negotiations led by Brussels browbeat London into avoiding the most dire scenario for Dublin.

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How Brexit Almost Destroyed Peace in Northern Ireland

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