Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement Threatened by Brexit Fallout
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Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement Threatened by Brexit Fallout

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April 6, 2023 5:21 pm (EST)

Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement Threatened by Brexit Fallout
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In Northern Ireland, the consequences of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, known as Brexit, are threatening to unravel the twenty-five-year-old Good Friday Agreement. It’s a peace deal that ended decades of violence between nationalists who wanted Northern Ireland to be reunified with the Republic of Ireland and unionists who wanted it to stay part of the United Kingdom. The agreement largely ended the bloodshed, and allowed for freer movement of trade and people across the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. However, Brexit has imperiled that free movement, and there are major concerns that resolving that issue could inflame old divisions and lead to renewed bloodshed in Northern Ireland.

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