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Thu 07 Jul 2008Renewal of border checks with Britain proposed
The first formal border checks between Ireland and Britain in more than 80 years were proposed by the two governments today.
The governments have agreed a range of measures to check the identity of travellers, both at a national level and joint initiatives, to strengthen the Common Travel Area, the passport-free zone set up in 1925 following Irish independence.
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