A theatre protest was held against Brexit on the border near Newry, where Sinn Féin's theatrical department helped to construct a mock wall across a border road. It was then symbolically 'smashed' for the cameras by Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald (the party’s president), Michelle O'Neill (executive in the North) and European MP Martina Anderson, wielding a sledgehammer. 

The performance also included a mock spy-post manned by two men wearing British army uniforms and camouflage make-up.

The organisers said they wanted to send an "unmistakable signal" that imposing border infrastructure would not be tolerated by local people.

Speaking at the event, Declan Fearon from Border Communities Against Brexit said "We lived through those days, we remember what it was like and we are absolutely concerned that that's what we could go back to."

"We don't want our country divided again. We've had 20 years of not having that and never want to go back to it again."

Unionists organised event to support Brexit

Meanwhile, unionists have been organising their own events and raising funds, in order to support a hard Brexit and a return of the hard border.

A DUP event in the Tullyglass Hotel in Ballymena featured chief Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has previously called for the return of "historic arrangements" at the border "to have people inspected".