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For now the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is only noticeable by the colours of the road signs (white is Northern Ireland, yellow is the Republic) (Photo: Eszter Zalan)

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At Northern Irish border, Brexit risks hard-won peace

For now the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is only noticeable by the colours of the road signs (white is Northern Ireland, yellow is the Republic) (Photo: Eszter Zalan)

In Belfast's Alexandra Park stands a very hard border. A three-meter high wall cuts through the hilly green meadow, separating the republican Catholic and the unionist Protestant communities.

It is the only park in Europe divided by a wall. When built in 1994, it served as a swift solution to separate locals, thus curbing violence in an area that has seen running battles.

It took Ciaran Shannon until 2011 to put a gate in the wall linking the two communities following the Good F...

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Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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