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...
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,...
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,...
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...