SINN Féin and the SDLP have warned of the consequences of a hard border with just days left before a vote could force Northern Ireland out of the EU. Party president Gerry Adams said the creation of an EU border between the two parts of Ireland would add to the problems of partition. "The possibility that a part of the island of Ireland could end up outside the European Union while the other part stays in is not a situation that will benefit the people of this island," he said yesterday. "Partition has created enough problems. We need to avoid adding to this. [...]