One year from Brexit: Border sits under cloud of uncertainty

Farmers along Border await clues about what will happen after UK quits EU

Farmers in the border area are fearful of the implications of Brexit and what a hard border could mean for their communities. Video: Simon Carswell

The farmer walked away from his tractor, the engine still running, and exited the field to chat, walking to the edge of one jurisdiction to point into another.

“That field is in the Republic,” he said, crossing the road on the outskirts of Jonesborough, Co Armagh, to point over the ditch at Co Louth and trying to explain the Border as best he could.

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