Because of their sovereignty, the UK decision cannot be reversed

Unlike a still-United Kingdom the concept of a referendum whose results are final, is alien to us, writes Gerard Howlin

ON DAYS like tomorrow, that Ireland’s political system is more a colander for cabbage water than a sieve for fine flour, will seem a mixed blessing, but a blessing nonetheless.

Unlike a still-United Kingdom straddling the north of this island and the neighbouring island across the Irish Sea, the concept of a referendum whose results are final, is alien to us.