Unity veto built into Belfast agreement

DICK KEANE (Letters, May 22) insists it is nonsense to suggest a veto could not be exercised against an expressed wish of the majority of people opting for a united Ireland.

But he fails to recognise that the potential for such a scenario has already been agreed by the majority of Irish people, nationalist and unionist, through their overwhelming endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

Mr Keane also neglected to explain his earlier comments that even if unionists wanted to move towards a united Ireland, it would need to be considered by us in the South.

This is where he clearly reveals his ‘them and us’ attitude. He pretends to be concerned about the right to self-determination of unionists, but it is clear that right is to be protected only if it doesn’t include a change of heart and a move towards a united Ireland. Mr Keane is entitled to express his opposition to any future reunification, but he is fooling no one by trying to create false obstacles to prevent it.

Cllr Kieran McCarthy

89 Russell Heights

Cobh

Co Cork