What If Northern Ireland joins Ireland?

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Border anxieties and questions of identity returned for the people of Northern Ireland in a post-Brexit world. With the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement approaching soon, we find out whether Ireland’s reunification could be a solution to these problems. Or will it make matters worse?

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Executive Producer/Story Editor/Reporter/Host: Andy Burgess
Story/Research: Anjali Sharma
Local Fixer: Dillion Osborne
Cinematography: Andy Burgess
Additional Footage: Dillion Osborne
Production Manager: Anjali Sharma
Editors: Andy Burgess & Jatin Nahata
Motion Graphics: Andy Burgess & Jatin Nahata
Assistant Editor: Dylan Boynukalin

Special thanks to Colin Harvey & the people of Northern Ireland that spoke to us for this piece.

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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Brexit's effect on the Good Friday Agreement
1:51 - Is a United Ireland the solution to Brexit?
2:30 - How Ireland became two countries?
3:44 - Paying the bills
5:19 - The Troubles, explained.
6:28 - The era of peace 1998-2020
7:51 - Brexit and abandonment of Northern Ireland
9:11 - The Northern Ireland Protocol, explained.
10:21 - Do people in Northern Ireland still feel British?
11:26 - The Windsor Framework, explained.
12:35 - The argument for reunification.
13:28 - Can Northern Ireland move on from the past?
15:42 - The argument against reunification.
16:19 - Could there be a referendum for a united Ireland soon?
16:46 - How people in Northern Ireland feel in 2023.

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