United Ireland

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<p>Taoiseach Micheál Martin criticised Sinn Féin who he said blew 'hot and cold on the border poll' in the last decade. Picture: Noel Sweeney/PA</p>

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Taoiseach says there will be no border poll before 2030

Micheál Martin said more work must be done to unite the whole island before a united Ireland referendum is held

<p>Fergus O'Dowd, the chairman of the joint Oireachtas committee on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>

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Oireachtas committee says planning for border poll must begin 'immediately'

<p>Simon Harris has shown disinclination for initiating debates on Irish unification. Picture: Getty</p>

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Irish Examiner view: Parties keen to avoid any political hot potatoes

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay visits Quinn Cement

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Irish Examiner view: Irish unity may have serious long-term cost impact

economy

McGuinness at ESRI criticises analysis of cost of united Ireland

politics

Mary Lou McDonald will analyse opinion poll data as Sinn Féin's popularity slips further

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anyone with even a vague interest in the idea of a United Ireland should read this book, writes Jack Power

Sun, 25 Sep, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

The sports commentator and analyst said Northern Ireland has been hampered by poor leadership interested only in "short-termism".

Tue, 23 Mar, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

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

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'

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

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 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

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'

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

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

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

Mon, 13 Mar, 2017

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'

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

Why is there a United Ireland rugby team? 

Fri, 03 Feb, 2017

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

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

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

Sun, 18 Sep, 2016

United Ireland

Taoiseach says there will be no border poll before 2030

Oireachtas committee says planning for border poll must begin 'immediately'

Irish Examiner view: Parties keen to avoid any political hot potatoes

Irish Examiner view: Irish unity may have serious long-term cost impact

McGuinness at ESRI criticises analysis of cost of united Ireland

Mary Lou McDonald will analyse opinion poll data as Sinn Féin's popularity slips further

Irish Examiner view: First priority is the day-to-day needs of the people of the North

Micheál Martin says Good Friday Agreement's potential for unity has not been fulfilled

Letters to the Editor: Alcohol industry must own up to harm

Letters to the Editor: The Wolfe Tones were rabble-rousing at Electric Picnic

Leo Varadkar: Ireland is currently 'on the path' to unification

Letters to the Editor: Counting the cost of going to GAA games

Simon Harris denies comment about 'a new social contract' is part of leadership bid

'Catholics in the North have their destiny in own hands for the first time' expert on Irish unity says

Paul Hosford: Sinn Féin says it is a party of change — but can it convince the voters?

Emma deSouza: Ireland must prepare for the prospect of a border poll

Book review: O’Doherty shows how ill-prepared we are to even discuss the possibility of a United Ireland

Two-thirds of people in Ireland favour allowing Ukraine to join the EU

Convening citizens' assembly on border poll 'not even on Government's radar'

Letters to the Editor: Convene a Citizens’ Assembly on unification

Mick Clifford: How far will Sinn Féin go in pursuit of unity?

Emma de Souza: The united Ireland question won't go away until we finally have an answer

Daniel McConnell: Varadkar's speech could see doubling down on differences in the North

Orange Order rules out engagement with Taoiseach's Shared Island Unit

Aoife Moore: If we want a united Ireland, we must start having the boring conversations now

Joe Brolly disconnected from Claire Byrne debate over DUP comments

Shared Island Initiative, Day 2 - Thorny issues must be met head on before any unity talks

Irish Examiner view: Shared Island project a low-key catalyst for agreement

Fianna Fáil remains committed to a united Ireland, Taoiseach says

Irish Examiner View: Germany provides lessons on how to make unity work

New island unit not a 'hidden stalking horse' for a border poll, says Taoiseach

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fianna Fáil: Varadkar playing ‘catch up’ on Brexit

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

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

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

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

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

MORNING BULLETIN: Father and son hurt in helicopter crash named

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

Breaking down the island's walls instead of building them

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

Sinn Féin calls for an all-island soccer team

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

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