United Ireland referendum possibility a bargaining tool to secure special post-Brexit deal

The Government intends to use the possibility of a future united Ireland referendum as a bargaining tool to secure a special post-Brexit deal.

Wed, 20 Jul, 2016 - 01:00

Fiachra O’ Cionnaith and David Young

Government sources confirmed the plan of action last night after a 48-hour period in which Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin raised the prospect of border poll in the future.

Speaking at the MacGill summer school in the Glenties, Co Donegal, on Sunday and Monday, the two rival leaders openly stated a united Ireland referendum could now take place in the near future due to the fact Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU.