DublinTexas
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I think it would mean us putting up a proper border with passport controls between here and the north.
That is not really true, the Schengen agreement allows to maintain bilateral Agreements with neighbouring third countries for the purpose of implementing a local border traffic regime.
We could join Schengen Travel Area, enforce the Schengen rules for people coming from outside the Schengen area and still have a bilateral agreement with the UK. In fact we already have permission from the other countries to join most of the Schengen agreement, we just never enacted them.
It’s time to make the decision if travel without passport to the UK (for Irish citizens) is more important than travel to the other EU/EEA countries without border controls.
And let’s face it, with the exception of land traffic between the north and south we effectively maintain a control of our borders. If you land at an airport you are subject to border control, even if you come from London.
It’s just that the English don’t control you when you fly in from Ireland and treat you as a domestic flight. Ireland already treats you as foreign flight and controls it’s borders.
Let’s safe some money and reduce the border control to outside Schengen and redeploy the officers to some other area where they can are used.