As UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson prepares to meet his Irish equivalent, we want your views on the question of a hard or ‘frictionless’ border as Brexit negotiations continue

Are you worried about the Irish border post-Brexit? Share your thoughts

British foreign secretary Boris Johnson is visiting his Irish counterpart, Simon Coveney, in Dublin on Friday, with time running out for the British government to secure an arrangement for Northern Ireland post-Brexit.

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The question of an Irish border, along with the financial settlement and citizens’ rights, is one of the issues that needs to be settled before the EU27 are prepared to move talks on to discussions of a future UK/EU relationship.



Though the UK’s Brexit secretary David Davis has told parliament he is “pretty much absolutely” committed to an invisible border, a leaked report from Ireland’s Office of the Revenue Commissioners suggested that such an arrangement would be impossible to implement, calling the idea “somewhat naive”.



With time increasingly short and May’s government split over how best to proceed, fears of Britain crashing out of the EU without securing a deal have increased.

How to contribute

Ahead of Johnson’s visit, we would like to hear from citizens both in Northern Ireland and the republic on what you make of the Brexit negotiations, particularly in relation to the question of a border in Ireland.



Let us know where you live, and how the Brexit process has impacted your life so far, and your hopes and fears for the future.



If you live in Northern Ireland: how did you vote in the referendum, if at all? What kind of Brexit were you hoping for, and how do you hope for the border question to be settled?

If you live in the Irish republic: how do you view the negotiations so far? What kind of solution do you want, and what kind of solution do you think can be achieved?



You can get in touch by filling in the encrypted form below. We’ll use a selection of your responses to inform our reporting.