A few photos of border crossings between Ireland and the UK demonstrate why the Brexit Irish border issue is more complex than the Brexiters in government want to admit.

• Mark Sugrue is Chief Technology Officer and cofounder of Kinesense in Dublin.

• He wrote and shared the following story on Twitter a few weeks ago.

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There is a section of the Irish border where the border runs down the middle of the road. East-bound lane is the EU. West-bound is the UK. I would love to see how Boris Johnson’s technology can solve that:

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I would love to see how ‘technology’ solves this:

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Part of the north-bound lane of the M1 motorway is in the UK:

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This industrial yard is split by the border:

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Here, the camera is in the UK and pointing towards the south. You can see the Irish border as a line in the road, where the surface quality improves:

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This nice house is in Ireland, but driveway starts in the UK. There is no other way in:

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The Irish border cuts this vehicle hire company’s property in half. I hope they are ready for the extra paperwork:

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Who drew this border? Were they high?

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And another business cut in half. These people will need to be exporting and re-importing their cattle each day after Brexit:

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The nice people of Cavanagh Free Range Eggs have a Brexit problem. Their business is in the UK, but the only access road is via the EU:

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A nearby barn is divided by the Brexit border. Can Boris Johnson’s technology track farm animals as they move around the barn?

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Finally, who can figure out this section of the Irish border?

[This piece was first published as a Twitter thread and turned into the above article on 1 August 2019 with the purpose of reaching a larger audience. It has been minorly edited and corrected. | The author of the tweets writes in a personal capacity.]

(Cover: Google Maps.)