@BorderIrish

I was the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland on Twitter for two years. 'I Am The Border, So I Am' HarperCollins Ireland. Represented by @rcaskie1

 The border, island of Ireland
books.harpercollins.co.uk/borderirish/
Joined February 2018
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"I'm reading in Armagh Robinson Library, so I am" The Library looks forward to this weekend's European Heritage Open Days: Sat 11-5, Sun 2-5. We look forward to meeting author @BorderIrish at our annual conference. crossborder.ie/conferences/c… #CCBCconf @_DBEC @mynwtec @ibec_irl
Photograph of a member of the CCBC Team reading 'I am the Border, so I am' - in Armagh Robinson Library. The Library's collections include over 40,000 printed works, 355 manuscripts, 4,100 museum objects and 7,300 archival items. Archbishop Richard Robinson founded the Library in the City of Armagh in 1771. He wanted to share his own collection of books and fine art with the general public.

ALT Photograph of a member of the CCBC Team reading 'I am the Border, so I am' - in Armagh Robinson Library. The Library's collections include over 40,000 printed works, 355 manuscripts, 4,100 museum objects and 7,300 archival items. Archbishop Richard Robinson founded the Library in the City of Armagh in 1771. He wanted to share his own collection of books and fine art with the general public.

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The Irish Border@BorderIrish8 Feb 2018
There’s me at the Brexit negotiations.
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JOE DUFFY@talktojoeduffy31 Jan 2020
The only good thing to come out of brexit @BorderIrish
Freya McClements@freyamcc31 Jan 2020
‘It feels like I won the battle and lost the war.’ As the UK leaves the EU, ⁦@BorderIrish⁩ is leaving Twitter. This is the Border’s farewell, in today’s @IrishTimes irishtimes.com/news/politics…

The Irish Border signs off Twitter: ‘It feels like I won the battle and lost the war’

@BorderIrish account has over 100,000 followers, but is retiring as Brexit begins

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So this day has finally come. @BorderIrish signs its last and bids us farewell. Thank you for the last 2 years. A tip of the hat. irishtimes.com/news/politics…

The Irish Border signs off Twitter: ‘It feels like I won the battle and lost the war’

@BorderIrish account has over 100,000 followers, but is retiring as Brexit begins

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Edd Dracott
@EddDracott31 Jan 2020
“The UK is a woollen country about to be put in a hot wash." For @PA I caught up with @BorderIrish, which has said it will tweet for the last time on Friday – #BrexitDay – nearly two years since its inception propelled it to internet stardom belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
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Donna Scully@Donna_Scully30 Jan 2020
There’s been little light in whole Brexit horror show but you @BorderIrish have been immense at time we needed it. A great sense of humour, irony & massive intellect. Was ❤️ at first sight when you posted elephant in room with May at start of ‘negotiations! Please don’t go!! 🙏☘️
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Clodagh Q@QuainClodagh30 Jan 2020
Better late than never. Getting to grips with @BorderIrish on my commute today. Witty as ever. – at Dublin City, Ireland
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Emeline Vin@EmelineVin30 Jan 2020
La dernière (😩) interview en longueur de la frontière irlandaise, c'est ce soir dans @accentsEuropRFI 📻
The Irish Border@BorderIrish30 Jan 2020
Coming up in this episode: • I’m the first border to write its own obituary in @IrishTimes (Saturday edition[?]) • Interview with the Press Association (multiple outlets) • Q&A in @TheNewEuropean • Audio interview (first and last) on RFI with @EmelineVin All postmortem👋
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Peter Reynolds@peterrey29 Jan 2020
Dear @BorderIrish It looks like IKEA is trying to cash in on your fame. Thanks for the tweets and the book.
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Freya McClements@freyamcc28 Jan 2020
The Crockett family and life on the #Brexit frontier: “I have no idea what I would class myself as. I have no idea whether I’m Irish, British, European. Any time anyone asks me where I’m from, I just say, the Border.” irishtimes.com/news/politics…

Border on Brexit: ‘Europe will look after Northern Ireland’s interests’

Pro-EU unionist David Crockett is no longer afraid because no-deal exit has been averted

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Sabine Weyand@WeyandSabine24 Jan 2020
Now that the Withdrawal Agreement has been signed: Things u always wanted 2 know about the UK Withdrawal Agreement but never dared ask - here are very handy summary slides incl. on how the Protocol on NI will work ec.europa.eu/commission/site…
Ursula von der Leyen
@vonderleyen24 Jan 2020
.@eucopresident Charles Michel and I have just signed the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU, opening the way for its ratification by the European Parliament.
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All You Had To Do Was Stay // I reviewed ⁦@BorderIrish⁩’s book, that I swallowed in two flights. It wasn’t easy to come in the footsteps of an opus citing ⁦@Parisbob2001⁩, but I did my best. Hope this is inciting more commentators to cover NI. thepensivequill.com/2019/12/…

TPQ: All You Had To Do Was Stay

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Sparkling @BorderIrish ‘s water. To titillate her/its grass.
Stannie Holt 🟦@stannieholt21 Jan 2020
Replying to @MarionVanR @anneapplebaum @BorderIrish
So you met at the wonderful Bewley’s Oriental Café! Did you chat beneath the famous stained-glass windows? What kind of buns does a Border fancy?
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Hans Maessen@HansMaessen18 Jan 2020
In the latest WA the focus is on no formalities North-South and thus the formalities shifted to East-Wast. N-S little will change, which is good for the Good Friday Agreement. But E-W the challenge is to make customs as simple as possible.
The Irish Border@BorderIrish17 Jan 2020
Replying to @HansMaessen
Thank you. In this sense the aim is for as simple a process as possible. Or in the terms from two years or so ago, as frictionless as possible, but not actually fully frictionless. Would that be fair?
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Hans Maessen@HansMaessen17 Jan 2020
This is a catch 22 situation. If customs wants to facilitate a simplified procedure, they have to identify that specific transaction with a declaration that shows the eligeability for the simplification.
The Irish Border@BorderIrish17 Jan 2020
I’m no expert here so I would like to be customsplained as to why having to show that the goods will stay in NI isn’t, in and of itself, a formality (and a form)
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Ma rencontre avec @BorderIrish est la seule bonne nouvelle du Brexit! À lire dans @LEXPRESS
The Irish Border@BorderIrish16 Jan 2020
I met @MarionVanR for my first ever face-to-face interview. Here it is:
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The Irish Border@BorderIrish16 Jan 2020
I met @MarionVanR for my first ever face-to-face interview. Here it is:
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@LEXPRESS16 Jan 2020
Replying to @MarionVanR
[CHRONIQUE] Poète et sarcastique, forcément fataliste, la frontière irlandaise a son incarnation dans le monde des hommes. A l'heure du Brexit, elle méritait bien une rencontre ✍️ @MarionVanR bit.ly/2RqMKoK

Au centre de toute chose

À l'heure du Brexit, la frontière irlandaise, poète et sarcastique, forcément centriste, méritait bien une rencontre.

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📢 HAPPY 66th BIRTHDAY WAITING FOR GODOT To celebrate I'm looking at 66 Art Works that respond to Beckett's first work for stage. #OTD 5 JAN 1953 WORK 41 @BorderIrish, The Irish Border (2018)
The Irish Border@BorderIrish25 Oct 2018
- Jim - Yes, Border - What are you doing? - Just standing here - I see that. And I don’t mind, but it’s just that you said you were Leaving - I am - ... two years ago. And you’ve been standing there since then - Doing nothing - Doing, as you say, nothing - I’m Leaving - Ok, Jim
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I like to think there's a big box in Barnier's office full of all the variations on this article British media has churned out in three years. Sitting atop that box is a copy of the Johnson Withdrawal Agreement which puts a border inside the UK to protect the EU Single Market.
The Telegraph
@Telegraph2 Jan 2020
A united Britain will have the upper hand over a divided and declining European Union | Liam Halligan telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01…

A united Britain will have the upper hand over a divided and declining European Union

At any normal time, the ruling class will rob, mismanage, sabotage, lead us into the muck,” wrote George Orwell, soon after the Second World War.

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Juliet Still@juliet_still1 Jan 2020
This is the best thing I have read in a long time. Sanity affirming, beautifully Irish, funny, tragic, so it is. Thank you @BorderIrish.
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