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The border at Killeen (viewed from the UK side) marked only by a metric (km/h) speed limit sign. Originally intended as an internal boundary within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the border was created in 1921 under the United Kingdom Parliament's Government of Ireland Act 1920. [5]
The Northern Ireland Protocol of the Brexit withdrawal agreement commits the UK and the EU to maintaining an open border in Ireland, so that (in many respects) the de facto frontier is the Irish Sea border between the two islands. This requires the continued application of the Common Travel Area as well as free trade of goods (including ...
After both nations' bids to join the European Economic Community were rejected, Ireland and the UK signed the Ireland–UK Free Trade Area agreement on 19 December 1965. [60] The bilateral free trade area was legally in force from 1 July 1966 until 1 January 1973. [61] Both countries joined the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973.
The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland have a short land border, which is only to part of the UK, making this reason less important to them. The British Government has always refused to lower its border controls as it believes that the island status of the CTA puts the UK in a better position to enforce immigration controls than ...
Regulations introduced by the UK Government represent “another piece of the Irish Sea border superstructure”, DUP peers have warned. Accusations that legislative orders made by ministers ...
The Great Irish Famine, exacerbated by government inaction in the mid-19th century, led to demographic collapse in much of Ireland and increased calls for Irish land reform. The 19th century was an era of rapid economic modernisation and growth of industry, trade and finance, in which Britain largely dominated the world economy.
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee was hearing evidence from the consortium operating the Government Trader Support Service. Checks proposed for Irish land border will not solve sea border ...
Sir Keir Starmer will meet political leaders from both sides of the Irish border in Edinburgh later. He will be only the third prime minister to attend a meeting of the British-Irish Council in 17 ...