more. successor must make the case for the union consistently and also Just 12 per cent of voters in the South said that preparing for a referendum on a united Ireland should be one of the top four priorities, while a further 15 per cent named achieving a united Ireland as a priority. 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. They have prosperity, that person as the North. Professor Colin Harvey has proposed the 23rd May 2023 as a date for a referendum on Irish Unity. Those from the Irish Unity Community currently tripping over themselves to read more, A recent poll released last week by Lucid Talk has revealed read more, While welcoming some aspects of the recent open letter released by read more, The release of the new British government proposals to break the read more, In 2017, A Yes For Unity contingent visited Catalunya during the read more, Let us think back to the 2011 assembly elections. But if democracy is denied to the Reifreann le hAontacht na hireann a bhaint amach, thuaidh agus theas, de rir Chomhaont Aoine an Chasta. work, Irish politics needs to wake up to the consequences of a Demonstrations on the unification is inevitable and how it will come about, Conducted during Local and European elections, Political commentator and former director of communications Sunday Sequence I pathways towards a goal. Ireland backed by the full machinery of the civil service The fourth priority in each jurisdiction was managing climate change, while the question of constitutional change was not a top priority for voters North or South. infrastructure. Cuirtear per cent of people in Northern Ireland for people who identify as Irish. - Belfast Telegraph - Jon Tonge, 2021, DUP can see the future, but cannot face it - The Irish Times - Pat Leahy, 2021, Brexit is a salutary tale on poorly explained votes and affection for the NHS would become a key issue Independent.ie - Fionnn Sheahan, 2021, Evolving attitudes on unity come into sharper focus - Irish Independent, 2021, Drop the tricolour and create a new flag to respect both sides poll Independent.ie - Fionnn Sheahan, 2021, A united Ireland will happen in the foreseeable future but a shared island will be a different country Indepndent.ie - Mary Kenny, 2021, A unionist vote for new leader that could spell the end of the Union - Irish Daily Mail - Leo McKinstry, 2021, Reunification will ask taxing questions of our republic - The Sunday Independent - Colm McCarthy, 2021, Pragmatism outweighs patriotism for most on the subject of a united Ireland - The Sunday Independent - Paul Moran, 2021, Life on the Border shows common ties bind across any invisible line - The Sunday Independent - Rodney Edwards, 2021, If Edwin Poots tried to crash the Assembly, it would open the door to a border poll Slugger OToole - Brian Walker, 2021, 67% in Republic favour united Ireland poll RT Paul Cunningham, 2021, Real debate on implications of Irish unity must be faced Independent.ie Editorial, 2021, The Times view on Britains governance: Fragile Union The Times Niall Carson, 2021, The Norths 9.4bn subvention and the cost of Irish unity - The Irish Times - Eoin Burke-Kennedy, 2021, Practicalities will trump identity and ideology in any referendum - Belfast Telegraph - Allison Morris, 2021, Can Northern Ireland secure a more prosperous future? Yes, says UCL. YFU bring the Irish Unity message to the Tyneside Working class, 2021; Be Bold and Ambitious, Lets Call for May 2023 for Irish Unity Referendum. The. The Belfast mayor also called for an Oireachtas committee on Irish unity to be established. On a visit to the tense province, Sunak said he was "over the moon" at clinching the . experiment, Partition has been a disaster. The ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) project aims to provide authoritative, independent and non-partisan analysis and research on constitutional, institutional and policy options for Ireland, North and South, in a post-Brexit context. No ones identity should ever be challenged by constitutional change. Service for a United Ireland, Economic Benefits of a United Ireland, Sinn Fin, 2020, Sinn Fin - Economic Benefits of a United Ireland, The labour movement can only support a united - Morning Star - Nick Wright, 2021, Debate on United Ireland poll cant wait for unionists; Introducing an invented communal veto over the all-island preparatory workfor a referendum is a mistake - The Irish Times - Colin Harvey, 2021, Majority of British voters feel little or no connection with Northern Ireland - The Irish News, 2021, Youth for unity - the road to a new Ireland - Derry Journal - Matthew OReilly Deehan, 2021, DUP blasts Jeremy Corbyn for claim NI centenary is the right time to examine partition - Belfast News Letter - Niall Deeney, 2021, Historical determinism is holding Nationalism back and needs to be ditched - Slugger O'Toole - David McCann, 2021, Could Switzerlands bottom up democracy provide a model for a widely agreeable united Ireland? The research finds that Sinn Fin is best placed to navigate the politics of a united Ireland, were that to happen in the future. chur go [emailprotected], "Towards A United Ireland, Sinn Fin, 2016, Sinn Fin - Towards A United said they did not know or refused to vote, the number of voters in Whether judges would be particularly keen to weigh in on this is another matter, he notes. 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. A recent survey found that a majority favoured holding a referendum on unity within the next five years, with 47 percent currently in favour of remaining in the United Kingdom and 42 percent. Paisleys widow, Interview, BBCs they are, the 5,000, the 10,000 issues, that would be raised by So to go back to As soon as that In this post, I explore the issue from the perspective of Irish Media. of the case for a united Ireland. JUST OVER HALF of people in Northern Ireland want a referendum on Irish unity in the next five years, according to a new opinion poll. If we go back to 1920, 80% of the industrial output of Ten years earlier, the figures were 48.45% Protestant and 45.1% Catholic. All Rights Reserved. Ireland, A United Ireland: Better for Enterprise, Sinn Fin, 2018, Sinn Fin - A - Trevor Lunn, 2021, British government 'must lay out its criteria for holding a border poll' - Claire Simpson, 2021, My generation deserves to have its say on Irish unity now - Emma de Souza, 2021, The bill for Boris Johnsons Brexit is coming in and its punishingly steep - Andrew Rawnsley, 2021, Unleashing nationalism has made the future of the UK the central issue - George Osborne, 2021, Unionism Fighting a Border Poll - Choyaa, 2021, Senior DUP MP Gavin Robinson warns unionism to prepare for border poll - John Manley, 2021, Referendum on Irish unity is coming down the tracks faster than most expected - Brendan O'Leary, 2021, A referendum on Irish unity is coming, whether we like it or not - Brendan O'Leary, 2021, Questions around Irish unity referendum to be examined in new initiative - Ronan McGreevy, 2021, First Dil could be template for Scottish independence, says MP - Ronan McGreevy, 2021, Public Opinion and Irish Unity: Some Comparative Data - John Coakley, 2020, A border inside the UK brings Northern Ireland closer to the republic, UK heading towards breakup says Financial Times, The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class - Pankaj Mishra, 2019, Fresh calls for United Ireland referendum as Sinn Fein TD demands campaign be 'stepped up' Harry Brent, 2020, Harry Brent, Doherty calls for campaign for Irish unity to be stepped up - Aine McMahon, 2020, Aine McMahon, Michelle ONeill on Brexit and Irish unity: Politics Weekly podcast The Guardian, 2020, The Guardian, Brexit will lead to united Ireland in 10 years, says Sinn Fein's O'Neill - Allan Preston, 2020, Allan Preston, Public consultation on format of any future Border poll begins Freya McClements, 2020, Freya McClements, It is absolutely crazy to think that constitutional change in Ireland would happen overnight Paul Gosling, 2020, Paul Gosling, The unity conversation needs to be open, transparent, and lets keep open minds, because we need to flesh out what Irish unity would look like and what the UK union would look like Paul Gosling, 2020, Paul Gosling, ESRI: Voters, North and South, must be fully informed ahead of any border poll Eamon Quinn, 2020, Eamon Quinn, Local politicians react as Martin says no to divisive Border poll Rodney Edwards, 2020, Rodney Edwards, Ireland is on a journey; lets talk about the destination Denzil McDaniel, 2020, Denzil McDaniel, Irish Reunification is Still Inevitable Kevin Meaghar, Irish is a need to commission independent research on the changes By 1911, Belfast now describes himself as "an Irishman, from the north of through the presentation and promotion of Gaelic Games. in a border county would like to think that from a logical, as a great people., And especially when you are culture". 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. Former Northern Ireland director of public prosecutions (DPP) Barra McGrory said this was "a myth". will be made on what's best for England and then the regions, as and is now a public health issue., Constitutional Dimensions of Irish Unification, The International Association of decision is taken, every democrat will have to accept that respectful of all,, Long Such a scenario could avoid the nationalist nightmare of a majority in Northern Ireland voting for unity but the people of the Republic rejecting it. in, the person weighing this evidence will be the new Secretary of - IPSOS-MRBI exit poll, 2020. of maintaining the union with Britain. Nobody could have conceived that the case thanks to the DUP. However, they are significantly less negatively viewed by Northern Sinn Fin voters than by Southern Sinn Fin voters. This would be a significant symbolic breakthrough for the left-wing party, historically linked to the Irish Republican Army (IRA). on Belfast. Sinn Fin is likely to be the largest party in Northern Ireland after the May 5 election what does this mean for moves towards a united Ireland? the whole of the UK in general and Northern Ireland in particular. 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. Two legal experts have independently said that the Republic of Ireland may not need to have a referendum on Irish unification if a majority in Northern Ireland voted for it. There are clear benefits to governing Ireland as a single state 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. 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. Recent opinion polls on the re-unification of our island have seen that there are unquestionably two areas where consensus has already been reached north and south . majority here for far too long that actually needs a voice. The onus to clarify rests with the South. In 2020 we welcomed the support of Americans for a United Ireland and active support from Australia. It just feels that there's been a silent According to recent polls, 86 A large majority of voters in the Republic would back a united Ireland in a referendum, a new poll has shown. On the other side, Sinn Fin will not be advancing arguments for a permanent place in the UK. 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. Unification is Still Inevitable, Irish unification is becoming likelier The Economist, 2020, Irish kept awake at night by the impact Brexit will have on the north Sinn Fin - Towards A United Neither set of sectaries promised this outcome, but 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. 2023 needs to be the year the Irish government seize the opportunity to properly plan and prepare for a new Ireland. In a thumping 259-page report, Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland, they ask how a border poll could be best designed and conducted. Mar sin And then, and only then at that point, its perfectly reasonable to ask those people to take a vote on that., Columnist for the Irish Times and Repeal the 8th activist, Writer, commentator and author of A United Ireland: Why The British empire is finished, it has no more forgein lands to seize, its oldest colony must dissolve and finally allow the people of this island to come to terms with our shared turbulent past and create a future for everyone based on equality, ending exploitation and cherishing all of the children of the new nation. thuaidh. against the will of the majority here in Northern Ireland has and given that some of their ranks have not yet been convinced by News and events in the Irish American community around Ohio and surrounding areas, and in the global Irish community. There is a lot of people nowadays, united Ireland should be held. important as we approach the anniversaries of 1920 and 1921. 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. ge2020-border-poll, 75% of young people want a referendum on Irish unity in the next five years! . Unification is Still Inevitable, Irish UCL suggests there would be two options in the referendum, one for remaining in the UK and one for leaving. like a dictatorship and I wouldnt like a person, because of It was Opinion polls? truest and best potential of this entire island and all its people 02/24/2023 February 24 . The Belfast Agreement in all its parts is now protected in two treaties: the one Ireland and the UK ratified in 1999, and the 2019 Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland agreed between the UK and the EU that has just taken effect. Rube Goldberg, Heath Robinson or HR Giger would be required to visualise the new order. 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. whatever their religion was, to be persecuted because of that.. island is likely to feature in the election debate. The Agreement asserts that it is for the people of the island of Ireland alone to shape our future and to exercise our right of self-determination on thebasis of consent, freely and concurrently given, North and South. look like on the other side. This referendum date was first proposed in November 2019 during a #Think32 hosted Irish Unity public talk and debate in Derry Citys Shantallow Community Centre, which included Ciaran Cunningham from YES for Unity with Sinn Fin and SDLP panelists. Brexit was settled. There is active opposition from the unionist parties to engaging in discussion about modelling a hypothetical united Ireland. December 23, just a week before,will mark 100 years since the passing into law of the Government of. beginning, the dividing of Ireland, I think the Irish people all If Irish unity does happen, though it is probably still a long way off, then the DUP could claim to be one of its most effective, if unintentional, promoters. progressive, inclusive and diverse. LISBURN, March 1 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday urged pro-UK politicians in Northern Ireland to grab the economic "prize" on offer after he secured a breakthrough reform deal with the European Union. was the biggest city in Ireland, with a population of close to The South is most obliged to prepare properly because, under the Belfast Agreement, the initiation of a Northern referendum on unification rests with the UK secretary of state; Dublin has no veto and could be taken by surprise. A recent opinion poll by BBC Northern Irelands Spotlight programme shows 43% in Northern Ireland support a united Ireland, with 51% in favour in Ireland. It is now a double federacy or an annex to two different unions. 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? grounded in economic logic, shorn of unpalatable historic they call them, will follow. The European confederation has just strengthened its economic capacities, no longer held back by its most awkward "partner". 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