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Northern Ireland: May spurns physical north-south border
British PM sparks fresh row on Irish partition after Brexit

BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May sparked a new row yesterday over the future of Ireland’s partition border after Brexit.

She sought to allay republican fears in an article for Belfast-based daily Irish News before a Whitehall position paper is released.

She said she opposed a “physical border” between British-occupied Northern Ireland and the Republic, adding: “The UK does not want to see border posts for any purpose.”

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