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What happens to UK companies operating in Northern Ireland after Irish unity?

Short answer

They would become foreign companies operating in Ireland, facing new tax, legal and regulatory systems. Nobody has set out what that would mean.

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What is still unclear Interpretation

Whether they would stay, restructure or leave is unknown.

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