The government has sought support from other EU countries to prevent border controls being reintroduced PAUL FAITH/AFP/GETTY IMAGESA return to border controls between Northern Ireland and the Republic after Brexit cannot be ruled out, Charlie Flanagan has said. Northern Ireland will be the only land frontier between Britain and the EU once Britain leaves. Both the Irish and British governments have insisted since the June vote that they do not want a return to border controls. “That scenario cannot be ruled out,” the foreign affairs minister told Newstalk radio when asked if the border could be back by 2019. “The reimposition of a heavily fortified or hard border would present a great challenge .

Source: The Times October 03, 2016 23:02 UTC