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New: In NI tensions are rising and there’s growing fear that in a few weeks, a hard border will emerge and become a focus of sectarian violence

“I'm starting to hear things that I haven't heard in a long time," cross-community worker Eileen Weir told me businessinsider.com/brexit-norther…
NI officials fear disobedience within days of new border infrastructure going up. Ordinary members of the public say they’ll tear it down. “If 60% of people do not want a border...and you say 'tough shit... you cannot expect people to just choke that down”businessinsider.com/brexit-norther…
HMG + Alternative Arrangements group are accused of not grasping what MLA @StephenFarryMLA called the “emotional & psychological impact” of change to the status quo. Young people are questioning their identity for the first time, activist @FinnDoire said. businessinsider.com/brexit-norther…
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This is absolutely appalling
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Katy Hayward
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