Another option could be to let the Republic of Ireland/EU set up their own one-way border to check goods coming into the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland.
The major problem with that idea is that the border is permeable - that was the problem for the British Army during the troubles, the cost would be horrendous.One example I heard of was of a bus company who do cross border operations whose depot straddles the border, with one exit to the south and another to the north. The mainland British, in general, are largely clueless as to complex the Irish situation is both in political, religious and practical terms. The ignorance has led to 150 years of turmoil, mis-rule, and blood letting on a scale that people who don't live there have very little concept. I have the perfect solution - stay in the EU, the lesser of the two evils. If I was Irish I'd probably be taking quite a bit of joy out of this whole sorry saga, mainland Britain humiliated.
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