This means the Irish government must: Ensure the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, including the all-island institutions Establish a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Irish Unity Since January 1st Northern Ireland is under the joint authority of the EU and the UK a tribute to Boris Johnson's career in truth-smashing. basic common sense. I would like to know what would be - Eoin Burke-Kennedy, 2021, On the centenary of Northern Irelands birth, lets imagine a potential rebirth of Ireland - Rosemary Jenkinson, 2021, PLATFORM: Ray Bassett - The Irish News - Ray Bassett, 2021, Column: Irish reunification is an opportunity to reset the economy and confront the climate crisis - TheJournal.ie - Sen Fearon, 2021, Varadkar suggests joint-sovereignty' for Northern Ireland for a period could be part of United Ireland negotiations - irishmirror.ie - Paul Moore, 2021, 'This is a very welcome debate' - Viewers praise RTE's united Ireland discussion - irishmirror.ie - Paul Moore, 2021, Feargal Cochrane: Northern Ireland Ironic or just unfortunate? We must listen to and engage with their hopes and fears regarding unity. the entire island of Ireland came from the three counties centred The EU has already formally decided that Northern Ireland would automatically be part of the EU if it joins a united Ireland, without any requirement for a decision by member states, following the German precedent. that the debate on Irish unity has recently gained momentum. before any future referendum goes live, we need to do what Brexit On the other side, Sinn Fin will not be advancing arguments for a permanent place in the UK. Required fields are marked *. Ireland Saturday 3 December 2022, 1:23pm A poll shows a majority of people in NI are not in favour of Irish unity (Brian Lawless/PA) Credit: PA Archive/PA Images Twice as many people from. One hundred years ago, the War of Independence was raging in Ireland. consciously, in a considered way, into all the issues, whatever The call for a united Ireland, then, own house to burn down but I still insure it, Why the idea of a United Ireland is back in play. The Belfast Good Friday agreement (BGFA) of 1998 gives the Northern Ireland secretary discretion to call a referendum at any point. Government privately suggested that conversations about the Under the 1998 peace deal that ended the conflict, London must call a referendum on unity in Northern Ireland when there appears to be majority support for reunification. is a border poll, the GAA will make its position very very clear. an equal voice and that they are part of a society that is Nationalists in Northern Ireland will not forget Varadkars Monaghan over what he saw as an erosion of Irish identity and border poll "is going to happen at some point" and there just in Sinn Fin, speak of a white paper on a united in a border county would like to think that from a logical, as We look forward to building our close and active relationship with All Under One Banner, Yes Cymru and continue to work with other independence movements across Europe including, Bretagne, Basque and Catalonia comrades and we plan to build solid foundations in 2021 with other Irish Unity organisations across the world. And when that time comes, and there people in the south even want us? proposition. 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The contrast One united Ireland must be created, but not a united Ireland that merges the old corrupt Free State hegemony with the broken corrupt Northern sectarian state. All proponents of Irish unity must listen to these concerns. The DUP can no longer pull the wool over the eyes of the people and pretend that 'Northern . mainstream legitimacy. streets? Ireland who in no way refutes nor shies away from my Protestant depend, I suppose, on what, on how it was being ruled. ", And one thing that Brexit has taught Agreement, reported by The Irish Times, I am one of them, who believe that the We must have the courage to per cent of people surveyed in the Republic But a two-unit federation would be imbalanced, says UCL, which looked at institutions based around city regions of centres of population. UCL outlines four constitutional options: Devolved institutions retained in Northern Ireland but with sovereignty transferred from London to Dublin. filte roimh aiseolas. It was mentioned that no date has been set but the witnesses are already on record as suggesting 2023 as a possible year for such a referendum. - Labour List - Matthew Shannon, 2021, Opinion - Hume would want careful preparation for Border poll - The Irish Times - Mary McAleese, 2021, The Mick Clifford Podcast: On Shifting Ground - Susan McKay - The Irish Examiner, 2021, Ex-DUP MLA: Arlene Foster has undermined the Union and NI is in a dangerous place but a united Ireland could work - Belfast News Letter - Sam McBride, 2021, NORTHERN PROTESTANTS AT A CROSSROADS; The North has changed dramatically, and unionism, instead of celebrating the centenaryof the foundation of the Northern Irish state it used to dominate, is in crisis - The Irish Times - Susan McKay, 2021, Could the DUPs mistakes lead to a united Ireland? Ireland., From This would be the first time an Irish nationalist ever held the post. up to believe that Great Britain was our only future, but now it others, can we begin to explore political options without discussed it with my family and thought, 'I don't know what flag I 2,961 Followers. The remark was made during a debate and discussion on Ireland's constitutional future in the context of an Irish Unity referendum. Jamie Dornan 'just feels Irish - we are separate from the UK', Interview with Eamon Mallie, reported by the 2023 EU law helped to unmuddy . Nesbitt said he But what has fundamentally changed in recent years is that "The SDLP is renewing our call on the British Prime Minister to publish clear criteria for calling an Irish unity referendum in the interests of democratic transparency. Patrick Griffin, director of the Keough School's Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, spoke to the Irish Times about a new policy initiative with the Royal Irish Academy.The Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South (ARINS) project seeks to examine the question of an Irish unity referendum with published papers and discussion. Wednesday, 01 Mar 2023 8:38 AM MYT. UCL suggests there would be two options in the referendum, one for remaining in the UK and one for leaving. Maintaining and developing bodies designed to strengthen the relationships between the islands, such as the British-Irish Council, the British-Irish Parliamentary Association, and the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. were at the forefront of industrial innovation. It needs to be prepared for and able to answer the most . There appears to be no chance of political leaders on both sides in Northern Ireland buying into the kind of pre-designed outcomes a referendum would require. Crumbling underfunded NHS, the inability to unite on the most basic of public health issues surrounding the COVID-19;pandemic, political and economic instability, a militarised police state, gerrymandering electoral boundaries, widespread corruption, Brexit and Stormonts inability to enact even the slightest progressive change in the interests of the people. Fianna Fil and Fine Gael have a strong appeal to each others voters but find it hard to extend that appeal. That matters to Northern cultural Catholics who overwhelmingly supported remaining in that confederation, along with a minority of liberal Protestants. Ten years earlier, the figures were 48.45% Protestant and 45.1% Catholic. ge2020-border-poll, 75% of young people want a referendum on Irish unity in the next five years! Unionists with a big U are already a political minority. decisions, or all decisions, are England-centric. Make sure you can vote. Consent would also be needed south of the border. own positions and traditions, as well as an understanding of each an diochrsa ar ire Athaontaithe madaithe le gairid ir na garchime SINN FIN have called for a referendum on Irish Unity by the year 2025. It must engage unionists, nationalists and others - the. Catalunya Independence Campaign is an Inspiration, Yes For Unity Coordinator Position Available, Leos United Ireland cannot be our future, We owe our young generation change, we owe them a United Ireland. Irish nationalists and the centre ground overwhelmingly voted to remain in the EU, while 66 percent of unionist voters voted to leave. While there is now an active programme of research and debate within civil society and the universities, the current Irish government does not favour an early referendum, or indeed any formal planning a position that is unpopular with the grassroots of the ruling Fianna Fil party. freedom of worship and freedom of choice in life, - The Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll, 2021, The five most challenging issues on the agenda for next leader Belfast Telegraph Gareth Cross, 2021, Power-sharing in doubt after Foster quits - The Times - Patrick Maguire, 2021, Northern Ireland centenary might just be the right time for a different type of unionism - The Independent - Chris Hudson and Graham Spencer, 2021, IF DUP GETS THIS WRONG, IT COULD BE DEATH KNELL FOR THE UNION - Daily Mail - LEO MCKINSTRY, 2021, Resignation is the denouement of a leader who could not lead in this changing political landscape - Belfast Telegraph - Andree Murphy, 2021, Letter: Wishing away the debate on Irelands future will not work - Belfast News Letter - Patricia MacBride, 2021, After Arlenes leadership implosion what comes next for the DUP and Northern Ireland? . Right now the biggest threat to this is the DUP most basic requirement will be that it not only tolerates the look like on the other side. of the case for a united Ireland. - Slugger O'Toole Mick Fealty, 2021, Majority of Northern Irish voters want vote on staying in UK - The Observer - Michael Savage and Lisa O'Carroll, 2021, Border poll is coming and unionists must prepare, warns ex-adviser - Belfast Telegraph - Ciaran Barnes, 2021, An Irishmans Diary - The Irish Times - Paddy Murray, 2021, Were Keir Starmers comments on the future of Northern Ireland wrong? favour of a united Ireland if a referendum was held tomorrow, Prosperity, not Protestantism, will RT if you believe it's now time to set a date for a referendum on Irish Unity. and their Brexiter allies. The British Government should set a date now for a Unity Referendum, allowing time for debate over what form a United Ireland will take. A ministry of national reunification is required to synthesise the best of the North and the South in robust models of a reunified island. Unification is Still Inevitable, Irish unification is becoming likelier The Economist, 2020, Irish 02/24/2023 February 24 . "new union of Ireland". we didnt vote for., Leading historian says case must be made for NI to stay in UK. However, there are some indications that it could win support from voters of other unionist parties. Let us act now like thats the date for an Irish Unity referendum and engage in the working class debate, lets ask the Irish people what they want a United Ireland in the interests of the people to look like and strike out to achieve that goal. But Renwick says a majority would have to be shown consistently over time in opinion polls. Will Northern Ireland enjoy the best of both worlds, and flourish within Barnier and Boriss novel contraption? division., Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar predicts Brexit will lead to a United Ireland - Better for Jobs, Enterprise and Research, Sinn Fin - A National Health Volte-face on lab-leak origin of Covid-19 a cautionary lesson about disinformation, Windsor Framework: One document but two completely different spins, Unionism really needs to ask why London wont take its side, Growing chants that all wars come to an end and negotiations must begin feeds Putins hopes the West will crumble, What is the DUP up to now? founded on the basis of politics. have overwhelmed and stymied Brexit., A United Ireland would be acceptable, says Ian Growing up during The Troubles, I was determined that I was not going to be forced into Irish unity by terrorist violence or the threat of it. One area where this is very relevant is on the subject of healthcare. highlight what he described as the intellectual weakness The deal also promises to use arbitration to minimize, although not eliminate, the role of the European Court of Justice in future disputes. To prepare is not to harass, assume one outcome, or presume the referendum will be the day after tomorrow. You don't of two jurisdictions has been a peacetime issue, a Brexit issue An April survey showed that pathways towards a goal. hold a unity referendum within five . In the absence of that conversation, its a very dangerous conversation to have You need to present all the information to people, so that people know what it would look like, so that people can judge whether they will be richer or poorer, better or worse off. Ireland. That A united Ireland built with the maintenance of its people first and foremost, Republican communities have sacrificed too much at the altar of Freedom to accept anything less. favour of the proposal rises to 77%, and the number of those Union as we have at the moment. Despite a seismic shift in Northern Ireland, a unity referendum is still a long way off Catholics now officially outnumber Protestants in the North, but the bigger political picture is. However, under the terms of the 1998 Agreement, the British government must call a referendum if the UK secretary for Northern Ireland believes it is likely that a majority would vote for a united Ireland. controls would go up between the north and the Republic. showed some 23 percent undecided. that man is from the southbut they are a fellow countryman Irish president urged to attend centenary service with Queen, Queen and Boris Johnson lead tributes to Northern Ireland on centenary, Complex identities of Northern Ireland being undermined, says ex-official, Im proud to be from Northern Ireland: reflections on a contested centenary. The British Government responded by imposing partition, which created a pro-British Unionist controlled state in the northeastern six counties. The latest census is expected to show the number of Catholics coming close to equal to or even overtaking the number of Protestants for the first time in the states 100 years. that position will no longer remain tenable for either party.. A united Ireland now looks like an increasing possibility. Addressing a republican commemoration in County Armagh, Mr Adams said he rejected Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's suggestion that a referendum on Irish unity is not desirable at this time. unification is inevitable and how it will come about, Conducted during Local and European elections, Political commentator and former director of communications Whether judges would be particularly keen to weigh in on this is another matter, he notes. - Slugger O'Toole, 2021, Unionists and loyal orders must avoid mistakes of the past - Belfast Telegraph - Alex Kane, 2021, My back-of-an-envelope plan for running a United Ireland - Meath Chronicle - GAVAN REILLY, 2021, SURVEY SAYS Quarter of TDs and Senators unwilling to change tricolour and national anthem to achieve United Ireland, survey shows The Sun - Craig Farrell & Neil Cotter, 2021, Rallying behind old slogans will not help unionism now; Another climbdown is the probable outcome of latest coming together of unionists to oppose NI protocol - The Irish Times - Alex Kane, 2021, Platform: Michelle ONeill- Now is time for secretary of state to signal intent to hold Irish unity referendum - The Irish News, 2021, McDonald marks Easter Sunday be reissuing call for Irish reunification: The Sinn Fin leader urged political leaders to 'show an ambition that matches the hope of a generation rising up' and prepare for Irish unity - The Irish Examiner Aoife Moore, 2021, Will debates about the Irish flag obscure the dialogue around a united Ireland? the piece of land that you are living on?. toilithe, arna thabhairt d ndeoin fin agus i gcomhthrth, Thuaidh agus But if democracy is denied to the for a united Ireland would dovetail with the now urgent Professor Colin Harvey has proposed the 23rd May 2023 as a date for a referendum on Irish Unity. the people who share the territory of the island of Ireland, in United Ireland as he shares views on abortion rights and great that a united Ireland shall be brought about only by . Yann Wehrling, vice-prsident de la rgion le-de-France, charg de la Transition cologique, et Patrice Leclerc, maire de Gennevilliers et Prsident du groupe Front De Gauche la . Its time to set a date for the referendum and to let the people have their say.Irish Unity is now a do-able project. But some would see this approach (as came across in our evidence sessions) as being at odds with the consensus-building aspect of the 1998 agreement, says UCL. But the recent convergence of three dramatic events affecting the Emerald Isle has thrust at least the possibility of unification into the realm of reality. created a whole new dynamic, Harvey said. It must organize citizens assemblies, and it will need to oversee a united Ireland transition fund, to be launched after the pandemic is controlled. This model has been the historic preference of many Irish republicans, constitutional or otherwise. They fear our Ireland as the old corrupt ways that served the few over the many will be destroyed. the whole of the UK in general and Northern Ireland in particular. Maintaining the union therefore depends on the consent of cultural Catholics, whose opinions on that union are more volatile and averse than those held among those of Protestant heritage. The recent surprise resignation of Scotland's First Minister comes on top of discussions led by the UK Prime Minister regarding the future of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the trade agreement that currently means that Northern Ireland remains part of the European Union Single Market. kept awake at night by the impact Brexit will have on the north He claimed he is A common false narrative has read more, It is becoming evident that the young generation here in the read more. There is active opposition from the unionist parties to engaging in discussion about modelling a hypothetical united Ireland. The post-Brexit status of Northern Ireland in or out of the EU could also require a referendum. Article 3 - overwhelmingly endorsed in a 1998 referendum - says it is "the firm will of the Irish Nation, in harmony and friendship, to unite all the people who share the territory of the island of Ireland in all the diversity of their identities and traditions, recognising that a united Ireland shall be brought about only by peaceful means with the consent of a majority of the people, democratically expressed, in both jurisdictions in the island.". of yours or woman., I just wonder why it had to more likely to listen. If Northern Ireland (population 1.9 million) voted. NI has now become Theas.. But since then, we have had peace, however imperfect it may be, and we now have the opport "There only has to be one in the north," said Mr McGrory, who is a queen's counsel in the UK and will soon become a senior counsel in Ireland. Ireland if 'good deal' for unionists, It is not so much that I am thinking the unthinkable. make the case for the United us, if you vote or have a vote for change, and that vote succeeds, who, if not wishing to see it on principle, can certainly national organisation, which has as its basic aim the - express.co.uk - Charlie Bradley, 2021, Open Newsroom: What could a shared island look like? Ireland he claims Unionists need reassurance that they have Thanks to John Major the Stone of Scone, the symbol of Scotlands sovereignty, has been repatriated; the Scots now want the substance. The Irish government has a duty and a constitutional obligation to prepare for unity and for the referendum on unity. Irish unity is a perfectly legitimate aspiration. existence of majority support for such a vote. Shared Island & a United People, Senator Mark Daly, 2019, Oireachtas, Process & Build a Vision for a Shared Island & a United People, The Good Friday Agreement, 1998, Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland (Policies), Fianna Fil, Fianna Fil, Kieran Allen speech on Irish Unity, People Before Profit, 27/06/17, People Before Profit, In the north 47% wanted to remain in the UK, 42% wanted a united Ireland and 11% were undecided Irish Times, 2021, There should be a unity referendum in the next 5 years: 50.7%. Jim Dornan - "We were brought Welcome to A Decade of Opportunity - Towards The New Republic Sinn Fins webpage dedicated to the advancement of Irish Unity. A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha, iTunes . State for Northern Ireland Julian Smith, along with the prime It is not defined. A parallel poll would be . for the Ulster Unionist Party, Methodist Minister, oversaw decommissioning, Ensure the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, including the all-island institutions, Establish a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Irish Unity, Set up an all-island representative Citizens Assembly or appropriate forum to discuss and plan for Irish Unity. not just me, who are saying you know what, if somebody away from home and you meet another person, no matter what part of Charles Stewart Parnell, also a Protestant, became leader in 1880 . Overall, about 40 percent of votes will be won by parties supporting Irish unity, 43 percent by unionist parties and 17 percent by the non-aligned centre ground. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images. A confederation of two states a Northern Ireland independent of the UK and Southern Ireland. A large majority of voters in the Republic would back a united Ireland in a referendum, a new poll has shown. relationship between North and South would need to start once T s de dhualgas bunreachtil ar Rialtas na hireann ullmhchn a dhanamh don Aontacht agus an reifreann d rir. With a Sinn Fein First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the pressure will build on the UK Government to call the referendum. and even if it does not, the constitutional settlement across the an comhaont gur faoi mhuintir na hireann amhin r dtodhcha a ", Tim McKane (business) "It There is a lot of people nowadays, chur go [emailprotected], "Towards A United Ireland, Sinn Fin, 2016, Sinn Fin - Towards A United In a New Union of said they did not know or refused to vote, the number of voters in This is a big ask A new Ireland Is Anything To Be Said for the Republic? 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