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A Line in the Water

Brexit created a trade border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Neil McCarthy travels the Belfast-Birkenhead ferry in search of the border down the Irish Sea.

At the start of 2021 and the implementation of Brexit, a trade border was created between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

What does this mean for ordinary people who cross the Irish Sea? And where exactly is this border anyway? Neil McCarthy boards Stena Line's ferry 'Embla" which plies a daily and nightly course between Birkenhead and Belfast. He talks to passengers, and crew, lorry drivers and historians, crossing this body of water that both separates and binds the two islands on a search for the elusive line in the water.

'Meridians' written and read by Mark Ward
Sound design by Phil Channell
Produced and presented by Neil McCarthy

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37 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Dec 2021 17:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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  • Tue 7 Dec 2021 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 12 Dec 2021 17:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4