The Northern Ireland economy has been aligned to the Republic’s for decades, so NI is being offered continuity

Why are the media repeating the misleading representation, that a potential outcome of the Brexit negotiations is that the Northern Ireland economy may become aligned to the Republic of Ireland?
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The Northern Ireland economy has been aligned to the Republic’s for decades.

As members of the EU, NI and the Republic have shared regulations and participation in shared customs arrangements.

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What Northern Ireland is being offered by negotiating is continuity; which is intended to result in economic opportunities for our children and grandchildren.

More marches and civil disobedience will have exactly the opposite effect.

Brendan Milligan, Downpatrick