Twenty years ago the Belfast Agreement allowed Northern Ireland’s communities to work together within an agreed constitutional settlement of powersharing. Both London and Dublin have made clear their commitment to maintaining their legal commitments made in the Belfast Agreement, and later ratified by referendums North and South of the Border. Its constitutional status would remain as now governed by the safeguards within the Belfast Agreement. Or, given its significance for the Belfast Agreement, a referendum in Northern Ireland on the specific issue of border controls may be the most appropriate democratic means of deciding the issue. Most importantly it would reiterate London’s respect for the Belfast Agreement and the path to peace it set out.

Source: The Irish Times October 03, 2018 00:33 UTC