Dangerous days lie ahead for Ireland as chaos continues

For more than a century, the maxim that governed Anglo-Irish relations was ‘England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity’. Until recent decades this arguably still held true, but Brexit has destroyed this traditional framing of the relationship between Ireland and Britain.

Britain voted to leave the European Union; Ireland has simply been caught in the cross-fire. The current Brexit-inspired relationship is probably best framed as ‘England’s difficulty is Ireland’s difficulty too’.

As a result, the ...