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Can the trouble over the Irish border trigger the UK's break-up? Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland Eamon @EamonGilmore Gilmore talked to me about this just ahead of the Commons Brexit deal vote: https://t.co/9x6SSYBttV pic.twitter.com/Lb2cFgjc5z

— SophieCo (@SophieCo_RT) 2018年12月10日

Brexit fall-out can trigger N. Ireland’s breakaway from UK – ex-Irish deputy PM RT — SophieCo

British parliamentarians are set to vote on the Brexit deal. How serious of a roadblock is the Irish border issue to the whole process, and can it really go as far as breaking the UK apart? We talked to Eamon Gilmore, former Irish deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs and trade.