If a hard border returns to Ireland, it will be because of Britain, not the EU.
We would hate a hard border as much as any nationalist would".
Walker says he too is opposed to any hard border with the Irish Republic.
This should prevent Brussels imposing a hard border for people in Ireland.
But Dennett thinks these things are like evolution, essentially gradualist, without hard borders.
Even diehard loyalists say they are opposed to any "hard border" with the Irish Republic post-Brexit.
Ahead of the meeting, Martin McGuinness said the re-imposition of a "hard border" would "be totally and absolutely unacceptable".
The committee were also told a hard border could herald a return to the era of organised smuggling of fuel.
It really turns Delancey into a hard border," said Nat Rockett, an executive vice president at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate firm.
As neighbouring EEA-EU states, there would be no problematic "hard" borders between England and Scotland – we can make a comparison with the existing Norway (EEA -Sweden (EEA -Sweden
