The Irish Perspective On Brexit

NPR

Published November 1, 2019 at 1:25 PM EDT

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Demonstrators from 'Border Communities Against Brexit' attend an anti-No Deal Brexit protest at the Carrickcarnon border crossing on the road between Dundalk, Ireland earlier this month, and Newry in Northern Ireland. (Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images)

The Irish border has been a key stumbling block to Brexit because Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland is not.

The concern is that Brexit would mean the return of a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland — and renewal of tensions between those two countries.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Pat Leahy (@patleahyIT), political editor for The Irish Times.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.