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More Catholics Than Protestants In N Ireland.
That doesn't necessarily mean a referendum would see a vote for a united Ireland. Some Catholics will think they're better off in the UK.
If the north hadn't been such a cold house for Catholics throughout much of its existence the question of unity might never have arisen.
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If the north hadn't been such a cold house for Catholics throughout much of its existence the question of unity might never have arisen.
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the absolute priority must be no-one starts bombing and shooting again.
09:42 Fri 23rd Sep 2022
i think a referendum there is all but inevitable and a unification result very likely… but not necessarily because of the greater catholics… ultimately this is a medium-term consequence of the UK leaving the European Union… if Scotland votes to secede then NI choosing to reunify is even more likely.
I think that there will be a vote for unity not because of religion but because of Brexit and how we in NI have been left high and dry.
Not just with Brexit but the fuel rises - they have absolutely no idea when we will get the £400 that everyone else is getting.
We are only just getting a fuel cap to come in on 1st November just as the prices get hiked again!
Yet 80% of homes are heated by oil and nothing is being done about those prices - 500l currently cost £520 last year it cost £220, 500 litres would heat my cottage 3 hours a day for 2 months.
Not just with Brexit but the fuel rises - they have absolutely no idea when we will get the £400 that everyone else is getting.
We are only just getting a fuel cap to come in on 1st November just as the prices get hiked again!
Yet 80% of homes are heated by oil and nothing is being done about those prices - 500l currently cost £520 last year it cost £220, 500 litres would heat my cottage 3 hours a day for 2 months.
Remember that (regardless of any vote in the North), there also has to be a referendum in the Republic.
Living in Kerry and having discussed this widely with locals, it is far from certain that there is enough appetite for unification.
Emotionally the idea of a United Ireland of 32 Counties is compelling, but on a practical basis many (most?) people don't think that the inevitable 'troubles' that will result are worth it.
If you add in that the Irish Republic simply cannot afford to replicate the magic-money-pipeline that Westminster uses to fund the fiscally broke North without raising taxes and/or cutting services, then a referendum down here would be a hard sell (if indeed the Government wanted to sell it).
Living in Kerry and having discussed this widely with locals, it is far from certain that there is enough appetite for unification.
Emotionally the idea of a United Ireland of 32 Counties is compelling, but on a practical basis many (most?) people don't think that the inevitable 'troubles' that will result are worth it.
If you add in that the Irish Republic simply cannot afford to replicate the magic-money-pipeline that Westminster uses to fund the fiscally broke North without raising taxes and/or cutting services, then a referendum down here would be a hard sell (if indeed the Government wanted to sell it).
I agree Sunny Dave, few in the south would want to catch a tiger by the tail.
Ken, I can't understand how the ratios changed do quickly. I do know that young Protestants generally go to England or Scotland for 3rd level education. Many get jobs there and don't come back. Now a great majority of students in QUB are Catholics.
Ken, I can't understand how the ratios changed do quickly. I do know that young Protestants generally go to England or Scotland for 3rd level education. Many get jobs there and don't come back. Now a great majority of students in QUB are Catholics.
