United Ireland

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Stormont Assembly
Irish Examiner view: First priority is the day-to-day needs of the people of the North 
First Minister Michelle O'Neill echoes the Sinn Féin president on the issue of Irish unity, but is emphasising more immediate concerns

Tue, 06 Feb, 2024

British Irish Intergovernmental Conference in London
Micheál Martin says Good Friday Agreement's potential for unity has not been fulfilled
Tánaiste tells BBC that 'it’s about reconciliation and unifying people: There will be new political configurations of that I have no doubt.'

Sun, 29 Oct, 2023

Vector illustration of female alcoholism with unhappy woman sitting at alcohol drink bottle bottom hugging her knees
Letters to the Editor: Alcohol industry must own up to harm
One reader tells of his own family's experience of the harm done by alcohol, while others consider topics including garda rosters, tax equity, and fair pay for doctors and nurses 

Wed, 27 Sep, 2023

Electric Picnic Festival 2023
Letters to the Editor: The Wolfe Tones were rabble-rousing at Electric Picnic
One reader says the 'anachronistic rabble-rousing of old fossils' will not help achieve a United Ireland, while others consider issues including mental health services and the RTÉ controversy

Fri, 08 Sep, 2023

Leo Varadkar: Ireland is currently 'on the path' to unification
Leo Varadkar: Ireland is currently 'on the path' to unification
Taoiseach expects to see united Ireland in his lifetime

Thu, 07 Sep, 2023

Letters to the Editor: Counting the cost of going to GAA games
Letters to the Editor: Counting the cost of going to GAA games
One reader questions the price of club GAA match tickets, while others look at issues including climate change, staffing levels in the Defence Forces, and Irish unity 

Thu, 07 Sep, 2023

Minister Simon Harris TD
Simon Harris denies comment about 'a new social contract' is part of leadership bid
'Now is the time to build a new social contract — one which renews our promise as a Republic', Higher Education Minister tells Fine Gael Griffith/Collins commemoration in Glasnevin 

Sun, 13 Aug, 2023

'Catholics in the North have their destiny in own hands for the first time' expert on Irish unity says
'Catholics in the North have their destiny in own hands for the first time' expert on Irish unity says
Prof Brendan O’Leary calls on Irish Government to set up a sovereign wealth fund for the potential transition to a United Ireland 

Mon, 22 May, 2023

Sinn Fein Ard Fheis
Paul Hosford: Sinn Féin says it is a party of change — but can it convince the voters?
Mary Lou McDonald's renewed calls for reform and steps towards Irish unity won applause at the ard fheis, and the party is now seeking to win over the electorate too

Sun, 06 Nov, 2022

Irish unification rally
Emma deSouza: Ireland must prepare for the prospect of a border poll
Ireland's Future underlined how certainties about identity in the North are changing rapidly especially since Brexit. The question remains whether people in the Republic are ready for change

Sun, 02 Oct, 2022

Book review: O’Doherty shows how ill-prepared we are to even discuss the possibility of a United Ireland 
Book review: O’Doherty shows how ill-prepared we are to even discuss the possibility of a United Ireland 
Anyone with even a vague interest in the idea of a United Ireland should read this book, writes Jack Power 

Sun, 25 Sep, 2022

France EU Ukraine
Two-thirds of people in Ireland favour allowing Ukraine to join the EU
Most Irish survey respondents are worried about damage being done by the cost-of-living crisis — and think climate targets should be suspended while we deal with the energy crisis 

Wed, 21 Sep, 2022

2022 NI Assembly election
Convening citizens' assembly on border poll 'not even on Government's radar'
Simon Coveney dismisses suggestion that election results in the North have brought a border poll closer

Mon, 09 May, 2022

Road Sign at the Northern Ireland border with the Irish Republic welcoming people to Northern Ireland and a reminder that speed
Letters to the Editor: Convene a Citizens’ Assembly on unification
A United Ireland. Could we? Should we? And can we afford it?Those are the questions that people have been asking themselves over the last year and the answer is: Yes, we can — and the Good Friday Agreement prepares the way for this.

Fri, 14 Jan, 2022

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Mick Clifford: How far will Sinn Féin go in pursuit of unity?
A growing cohort now see the party as best equipped to tackle inequality in this state, but many are not so keen on their policies about a United Ireland

Thu, 16 Dec, 2021

Good Friday Agreement
Emma de Souza: The united Ireland question won't go away until we finally have an answer
In the 23 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, society in Northern Ireland has been drastically transformed, even in spite of persistent sectarian politics

Wed, 27 Oct, 2021

Coronavirus - Wed Jun 16, 2021
Daniel McConnell: Varadkar's speech could see doubling down on differences in the North
Varadkar claimed that a united Ireland is achievable in his lifetime

Wed, 16 Jun, 2021

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill
Orange Order rules out engagement with Taoiseach's Shared Island Unit 
Loyalist group claims the body was 'masquerading' as being about building relationships, but was in reality about 'talking up' the inevitability of a united Ireland

Fri, 26 Mar, 2021

Aoife Moore: If we want a united Ireland, we must start having the boring conversations now
Aoife Moore: If we want a united Ireland, we must start having the boring conversations now
Border poll proponents need to learn from Scotland and Germany — or even, you know, listen to people in the North about what matters to them in their day-to-day lives

Fri, 26 Mar, 2021

Joe Brolly disconnected from Claire Byrne debate over DUP comments
Joe Brolly disconnected from Claire Byrne debate over DUP comments
The sports commentator and analyst said Northern Ireland has been hampered by poor leadership interested only in "short-termism".

Tue, 23 Mar, 2021

Brexit
Shared Island Initiative, Day 2 - Thorny issues must be met head on before any unity talks
On day two of our special report on the Shared Island initiative, Political Correspondent Aoife Moore says those entrenched in their ideas will not want to be condescended to by those who have not lived and lost through the darkest days ...

Mon, 28 Dec, 2020

Brexit
Irish Examiner view: Shared Island project a low-key catalyst for agreement
America has voted and the counting has begun. When a conclusion might be reached is unknown.  Uncertainty and anxiety are the order of the day, despite a record voter turnout and polls consistently predicting a change in the White House.

Wed, 04 Nov, 2020

Shared Island initiative
Fianna Fáil remains committed to a united Ireland, Taoiseach says
Speaking at the McGill Summer School this afternoon, the Taoiseach sought to re-affirm his party’s stance on the issue, saying it remained a “core” policy.

Sat, 24 Oct, 2020

Germany Cabinet
Irish Examiner View: Germany provides lessons on how to make unity work
Next weekend, Germany will mark 30 years of reunification. That great project, one with roots in the very darkest evil, has been a resounding success even if there are caveats.

Wed, 30 Sep, 2020

NMSC meeting - Dublin
New island unit not a 'hidden stalking horse' for a border poll, says Taoiseach
The Taoiseach Micheál Martin has denied the new shared island unit in his Department is a stalking horse for a referendum on a united Ireland.

Sat, 01 Aug, 2020

Lee Child and Elvis Costello: United Ireland is hundreds of years overdue
Lee Child and Elvis Costello: United Ireland is hundreds of years overdue

One of Britain’s most famous authors has told of his hopes for a united Ireland, saying the move is hundreds of years overdue.

Fri, 14 Feb, 2020

British Irish Council summit
Leo Varadkar 'would like to see a united Ireland' but only with majority consent in the North

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he would like to see a united Ireland in his lifetime.

Fri, 25 Oct, 2019

Taoiseach: Hard Brexit would see broader consideration of united Ireland in the North
Taoiseach: Hard Brexit would see broader consideration of united Ireland in the North

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Ireland must be wise to the possibility of British prime minister Boris Johnson calling a snap general election in the autumn.

Fri, 26 Jul, 2019

Poll on unity will bring challenges: Are we ready to move over border vote?
Poll on unity will bring challenges: Are we ready to move over border vote?

The international rugby season just past — in an Irish context, the Six Nations — provoked the annual harrumphing over our anthem not being played at away games.

Tue, 02 Apr, 2019

Brexit
62% in North believe Brexit makes united Ireland a more likely prospect

A major new cross border poll by RTE and the BBC, revealed last night, shows that 62% of those surveyed in Northern Ireland believed Brexit made a united Ireland a more likely possibility.

Tue, 13 Nov, 2018

40% of farmers think Brexit makes united Ireland more likely, Sinn Fein say it is 'inevitable'
40% of farmers think Brexit makes united Ireland more likely, Sinn Fein say it is 'inevitable'

Almost 40% of farmers believe Brexit will make a united Ireland more likely, with Sinn Féin responding to the finding by saying “the logic of the all-Island economy is unassailable and a United Ireland is inevitable”.

Tue, 18 Sep, 2018

Latest: Sinn Féin looks to develop health service policy in wake of Brexit
Latest: Sinn Féin looks to develop health service policy in wake of Brexit

Sinn Féin is developing policy for a 32-county health service to protect Irish health services affected by Brexit.

Tue, 04 Sep, 2018

Fianna Fáil: Varadkar playing ‘catch up’ on Brexit
Fianna Fáil: Varadkar playing ‘catch up’ on Brexit

Fianna Fáil has warned Taoiseach Leo Varadkar he risks playing “catch up” on the Brexit crisis after it emerged the Government has only now started stockpiling drugs in case of a no-deal hard Brexit situation.

Tue, 31 Jul, 2018

Brexit
Report calls for ’forum’ to pave way to ’peaceful unification’ of Ireland

The impact of Brexit and what Ireland needs to do in order to peacefully achieve its aim of a united Ireland is the subject of a new report published today by an Oireachtas committee.

Wed, 02 Aug, 2017

Charlie Flanagan on Brexit: 'We have that mess now, and we have to clean it up'
Charlie Flanagan on Brexit: 'We have that mess now, and we have to clean it up'

Update 12.25pm: The Foreign Affairs minister says Ireland has to now work on cleaning up the mess that is Brexit.

Fri, 12 May, 2017

Euro leaders to support statement allowing 'united' Ireland remain in the EU
Euro leaders to support statement allowing 'united' Ireland remain in the EU

European leaders today are expected to give unanimous support to a special declaration that the North would rejoin the EU after Brexit in the event of a vote for Irish reunification.

Sat, 29 Apr, 2017

Discussing Irish reunification - A 32-county state is a very long way off
Discussing Irish reunification - A 32-county state is a very long way off

THE stars have aligned to facilitate a new round of discussion around the possibility of Irish reunification; the possibility that, at last, the four green fields might be as one.

Tue, 14 Mar, 2017

Latest: Sinn Féin welcomes Fianna Fáil entry to the united Ireland debate
Latest: Sinn Féin welcomes Fianna Fáil entry to the united Ireland debate

Latest: Sinn Féin welcomes Fianna Fáil entry to the United Ireland debate

Mon, 13 Mar, 2017

MORNING BULLETIN: Father and son hurt in helicopter crash named
MORNING BULLETIN: Father and son hurt in helicopter crash named

Here's your morning bulletin.

Mon, 13 Mar, 2017

Strong backlash to Times article which disparages Ireland's 'tenuous claim to nationhood'
Strong backlash to Times article which disparages Ireland's 'tenuous claim to nationhood'

The Irish Ambassador to Britain was quick to reject the claim.

Tue, 07 Mar, 2017

Breaking down the island's walls instead of building them
Breaking down the island's walls instead of building them
Why is there a United Ireland rugby team? 

Fri, 03 Feb, 2017

Do we need a United Ireland to protect the island’s environment?
Do we need a United Ireland to protect the island’s environment?

There is next to no environmental law that did not originate in the European Union, writes Victoria White

Thu, 29 Dec, 2016

Sinn Féin calls for an all-island soccer team
Sinn Féin calls for an all-island soccer team

Ireland should have a united Irish soccer team as it makes “no sense” to be represented on both sides of the border, according to Sinn Féin.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2016

Poll shows voters would reject united Ireland if it led to tax increases
Poll shows voters would reject united Ireland if it led to tax increases

Only a third of voters in the Republic would support a united Ireland if it meant paying more tax.

Sun, 18 Sep, 2016

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