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jmbar2

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10. Please keep posting on this issue
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 10:12 AM
Aug 2019

This is the first time I have understood what Brexit means for Ireland, and how it is viewed by Irish people. I hope you'll keep posting as the news develops so that we can better understand what's going on.

I am a child of the troubles [View all] Soph0571 Aug 2019 OP
K&R MaryMagdaline Aug 2019 #1
Thanks for sharing this. Mike 03 Aug 2019 #2
The Plantation of Ulster, what an everlasting nightmare that set into motion Celerity Aug 2019 #3
K&R smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #4
K & R mountain grammy Aug 2019 #5
A large percentage of Americans support the Irish cause FakeNoose Aug 2019 #6
They would rather see the Union disintegrate then give up! Soph0571 Aug 2019 #9
Is there any chance for a united Ireland remaining in the EU? Jokerman Aug 2019 #7
If there is a border poll and the majority vote for unification then it will happen Soph0571 Aug 2019 #8
Please keep posting on this issue jmbar2 Aug 2019 #10
Soph, you've made the stakes very real Mersky Aug 2019 #11
I saw the scars of the violence when I visited.... Historic NY Aug 2019 #12
Thanks for your insight. GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #13
Thank you for this excellent and very personal post. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2019 #14
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2019 #15
I dated a gal in the early 80's from Ireland... Javaman Aug 2019 #16
You expressed this so beautifully - poetically, even. calimary Aug 2019 #17
This: Soph0571 Aug 2019 #19
"...Quiet as a serpent..." calimary Aug 2019 #20
I cannot recommend his poetry enough Soph0571 Aug 2019 #22
Superb! calimary Aug 2019 #30
I recently watched "Mother's Day," a heartbreaking (but ultimately very uplifting) movie deurbano Aug 2019 #18
Thank you for your heartfelt testimony, Soph Hekate Aug 2019 #21
Thank you so much Soph for sharing such an important piece of yourself. alwaysinasnit Aug 2019 #23
I was speaking to some friend who live in Ireland Richard D Aug 2019 #24
on the plus side keroro gunsou Aug 2019 #25
It could get really ugly really fast jrandom421 Aug 2019 #26
In a future where Boris gets his way lapfog_1 Aug 2019 #27
I'll just put this here, cause I don't have much to add but wanted to say something ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #28
Stockholm 88 Soph0571 Aug 2019 #29
Thanks for reminding us that hate gets us nowhere. Karadeniz Aug 2019 #31
I was in Donegal over 25 years ago this month mitch96 Aug 2019 #32
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Aug 2019 #33
Thank you for sharing this underpants Aug 2019 #34
Wow!!!!! Thank you gopiscrap Aug 2019 #35
What's a "bandit border"? bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #36
That and more Soph0571 Aug 2019 #37
Thanks, that shows why you chose the broad term bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #38
The Brits and the DUP moniss Aug 2019 #39
As someone with one Scottish parent and one Welsh parent, Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #40
I wish the best of outcomes moniss Sep 2019 #42
No-deal Brexit 'could motivate extremists in Northern Ireland' Myrddin Aug 2019 #41
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