Gary Boyne
BCAB demo poster, Phibsboro, Dublin
British Exit from the EU (or “Brexit”) is complicated in a large way because of Britain’s border in Ireland.
After its exit from the EU Britain would share a land border with the EU because the north-east corner of Ireland is part of the British state. The island of Ireland is partitioned into 2 states. One of these, Northern Ireland, will continue to remain as part of British territory so long as the majority of the population there want it as enshrined in the international agreement, the Good Friday Agreement. The Republic of Ireland, a separate EU member-state from the UK, will stay in the European Union after Brexit.
The party in Northern Ireland with the largest support from the Irish nationalist community, today’s Sinn Fein party campaigned strongly during the Brexit referendum campaign in June 2016 against the proposal to leave the EU. Interestingly, this is an opposite position the organisation has taken throughout its history since 1970. Provisional Sinn Fein opposed accession in 1972 to the EEC (the forerunner of the EU). And they advocated a NO vote in every constitutional referendum on EU treaties ever since.
In the months after the Brexit referendum a new campaign group was formed called “Border Communities Against Brexit” or BCAB for short. It was headed by Declan Fearon formerly the spokesman with the South Armagh Farmers and Residents Committee, which campaigned for the removal of British military security bases along the border.
This BCAB poster was situated in Phibsboro, Dublin and promoted a demonstration on Saturday the 8th October 2016 at the site of the former Carrickcarnon customs post on the border near Ravensdale in county Louth.
BCAB demo poster, Phibsboro, Dublin
British Exit from the EU (or “Brexit”) is complicated in a large way because of Britain’s border in Ireland.
After its exit from the EU Britain would share a land border with the EU because the north-east corner of Ireland is part of the British state. The island of Ireland is partitioned into 2 states. One of these, Northern Ireland, will continue to remain as part of British territory so long as the majority of the population there want it as enshrined in the international agreement, the Good Friday Agreement. The Republic of Ireland, a separate EU member-state from the UK, will stay in the European Union after Brexit.
The party in Northern Ireland with the largest support from the Irish nationalist community, today’s Sinn Fein party campaigned strongly during the Brexit referendum campaign in June 2016 against the proposal to leave the EU. Interestingly, this is an opposite position the organisation has taken throughout its history since 1970. Provisional Sinn Fein opposed accession in 1972 to the EEC (the forerunner of the EU). And they advocated a NO vote in every constitutional referendum on EU treaties ever since.
In the months after the Brexit referendum a new campaign group was formed called “Border Communities Against Brexit” or BCAB for short. It was headed by Declan Fearon formerly the spokesman with the South Armagh Farmers and Residents Committee, which campaigned for the removal of British military security bases along the border.
This BCAB poster was situated in Phibsboro, Dublin and promoted a demonstration on Saturday the 8th October 2016 at the site of the former Carrickcarnon customs post on the border near Ravensdale in county Louth.