I have long suspected that some significant UK-IE trade is been off-books. Hard goods and finance. Thinly varnished Irish Times editorial respect for Tory gov "special relationships" over the years.

When anonymous "Government Buildings" PR chimes with Schinas to shake the bushes, so to speak, vermin will scurry to get their papers in order. Just in case. There's an "amnesty" (or not) opportunity, regardless of how customs surveillance takes shape between IE and NI after 29 March. Where will they go?

< wipes tears >

Gracious. The impossible technology solution has been resurrected, I've seen, something about a CCTV network?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

Breaking: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says in a No Deal scenario the UK wd have to agree to full regulatory and customs alignment in NI if it were to honour its obligations to the GFA and the peace process.

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) January 24, 2019