Bluster, bluff and a freewheeling approach to facts have been the hallmark of the attitude of Boris Johnson to the problems Brexit posed for Northern Ireland, writes Dick Roche.
Dick Roche is a former Fianna Fáil politician. He was the minister of state for European affairs when Ireland conducted the two referendums on the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union, in 2008 and 2009.
In 1691 the Treaty of Limerick marked the end of the Williamite War in Ireland. Key provisions in the Treaty were broken “before the ink was dry”. The Irish have been chary about treaties with their nearest neighbour ever since.