How will Brexit affect Eire and Northern Ireland?

Sinn Fein calls for a referendum on reuniting Ireland – but Theresa Villiers quashes the idea

Former Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams
(Image credit: (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images))

"Short of the outbreak of war," it is hard to imagine anything worse for Ireland than the news that the UK is to leave the EU, says the Irish Times.

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