The prospects for ‘frictionless’ and ‘invisible’ solutions for the Irish border after Brexit are limited. Dr Katy Hayward (Queen’s University Belfast) outlines a ‘practical’ summary of the difference that would be made by a ‘hard’ Brexit to the movement of goods across the Irish border.  Michel Barnier’s dismissal of the notion of ‘frictionless’ trade between the … Continue reading A hard Irish border is quite possible, a frictionless one is an oxymoron