Berlin: Brexit could trigger new Northern Irish conflict

TheLocal.de ^ | 13 May 2016 09:00 GMT+02:00 | (AFP)

[Olog-hai]

A vote by Britain to quit the European Union might reignite conflict in Northern Ireland because it would re-erect a border through the country, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday. […]

The minister said that an Irish representative had once told him that the conflict in Northern Ireland was currently quiet “because there are no borders in Ireland.”

But if the United Kingdom were to quit the EU, “there will be a border again between Ireland and Northern Ireland. And that could at least have the potential of rekindling a conflict that has seemingly calmed down,” he said. …

[forgotten man]

Be sure to have some clam chowder when your are in the Dingle area. That is where the real clam chowder comes from, not Boston.

[Cowboy Bob]

I’ve heard that if the British leave, the sky will fall.

[OddLane]

Not to mention premature baldness, erectile dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, hallucinations, and social anxiety disorder.

[commish]

Time to start trying the scare tactics since nothing else is working and Germany sees the writing on the wall if GB (AND THEIR FUNDING) leaves the EU.

[Undecided 2012]

England could exit and negotiate a deal for free passage with Eire. I look at it as a benefit for the Brits because it forces France to secure their border at the chunnel and Calais keeping the illegals out.
Brexit is a win for the English. Not sure about the Scots

[Jim Noble]

Neither the UK nor Ireland are part of the Schengen zone, and the open borders between the two countries have zero to do with the EU, but rather are part of a bilateral agreement which has been in place in one way or another since 1923, with the exception of 1939-1945.

[stocksthatgoup]

Someone doesn’t want to be a socialist ?

[StormEye]

"A vote by Britain to quit the European Union might reignite conflict in Northern Ireland because it would re-erect a border through the country, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday. […] "

Brussels threatening a sneaky proxy war against Britain using the IRA if Britain leaves the EU?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Its a wonderful place. I have in laws in Dublin.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

...and accelerate Glow-Bull Warming.

[ScaniaBoy]

Good points both of you. Just add that the IRA was supported by Quadaffi also.

[higgmeister]

The Irish rebellion was a reaction to 400 years of British oppression of the Irish nation and people.

The past few years I have begun to suspect that my ancestor was part of Lord Cromwell's New Model Army that invaded and colonized Ireland. My family name originally came from Cheshire but all the documentation of his voyage to America indicated my ancestor left the British Isles from Ireland.

[River Hawk]

That could be. The truth is, there’s a lot of Irish blood in England and a lot of English blood in Ireland. The constituent nations of the British Isles can and should work together on common interests regardless of what kind of political divisions and configurations they have. And it doesn’t have to have anything to do with the European Union, an organization that both the UK and Ireland should withdraw from as soon as possible.
It’s a little ironic that the German government is in a tizzy about the British-Irish border when it is simultaneously allowing a massive Muslim invasion of its own country.

[Georgia Girl 2]

My SIL who is from Dublin is only half Irish. Her mother is from England. I have more Irish blood than she does. :-)

[Olog-hai]

And of course, this.

[Olog-hai]

Not quite. The only “oppressed” ones were the radicals that got violent, even for the most part during Cromwell’s time; during the famine, the oppressors of people were mostly Irish as well, who were themselves landowners and threw the system into chaos by trying to sell off their holdings to unsuspecting English buyers.

And whether the Irish want to admit it or not, their MPs wielded real power in Westminster (over one quarter of the planet’s land mass at the height of the British Empire), and no, the Scottish and Welsh MPs did not unite with the English ones against them as some kind of monolithic bloc. After the emancipation of Catholics that was secured by Daniel O’Connell, that included Catholic MPs too (from all over Britain).

The 1916 rebellion was mostly communistic and fomented by atheistic communist leaders that infiltrated the Fenian organization. That is why Lenin took such inspiration from it. Instead of total repeal of the Act of Union (which O’Connell had originally campaigned on), all the Irish were seeking at the time was Home Rule; but the communist propaganda line at the time was that such would be withheld thanks to the war.