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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
The EU would have insisted on a hard border due to the customs/single market but instead succeeded in passing the buck to us.
The EU would have forced Eire to apply a border had we walked away.
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Ireland would have a choice of breaking one treaty or another. The EU courts could insist on Ireland closing the border or be suspended from the European Union but the power sharing authority of the Good Friday Agreement could insist on keeping the border open.
Luckily it didn’t come to it but Ireland had a stark choice - leaving the EU or risking the peace process in the North. I am not 100% convinced that peace in another country trumps EU membership. Any Irish politician suggesting leaving the EU wouldn’t be around that long