by Colin McIntyre | 28 Aug 2017 | Europe
The Irish border is emerging as a surprisingly tough obstacle on Britain’s path to leaving the European Union. A truck passes a sign calling for not returning to hard border crossings after Brexit, near Killeen, Northern Ireland, Britain, 21 August 2017 (EPA/Aidan...
by Elaine Monaghan | 21 Mar 2017 | Europe, Indiana University
Britain’s vote to leave the EU has stirred separatist passions in Scotland and Northern Ireland — and plunged me and many others into an identity crisis. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (R) greets British Prime Minister Theresa May, Edinburgh,...
by Colin McIntyre | 13 Mar 2017 | Europe, History, Politics
Northern Ireland refused to join Ireland when it won independence in 1922. Could recent elections in the North reopen the question of reunification? A man walks past republican posters decrying a “hard border” between Ireland and Northern Ireland following Brexit,...
by Colin McIntyre | 23 May 2016 | Europe
The prospect of Britain quitting the European Union has raised concerns of a return to sectarian violence in British-ruled Northern Ireland. A mother and two daughters in a Catholic neighborhood of Belfast the day after the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998. (AP...