Irish ruling elite in deep crisis over Brexit - World Socialist Web Site
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Irish ruling elite in deep crisis over Brexit
By Steve James
14 November 2016
The British decision, June 23, to leave the European Union (EU), simultaneous with damaging tax rulings, has raised broad concerns for the future of Ireland’s low-tax investment strategy and the entire basis of the Irish economy.
Brexit also raises the possible imposition of a “hard” border or passport controls between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. It threatens the Common Travel Area, first agreed in 1923, under which there are 30,000 border crossings a day.