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Government must ensure Brexit doesn't come with a hard border in Ireland, union says
A poster calling for 'No EU Frontier' on the border between the Republic of Ireland and the Six Counties
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THE government must ensure that Britain’s departure from the European Union must not come with a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Unison has said.
Delegates at the union’s annual conference voted to demand that free borders across Ireland are kept intact in order to protect the Irish peace process.
They have also voted to campaign for a bilateral British-Irish treaty that can protect the rights of British and Irish nationals and establish a common travel area across Ireland.
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