Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin's rush for a border poll will do nothing for peace on this island

Mary Lou McDonald wants a border poll to happen in the next five years. Photo: Leah Farrell/© RollingNews.ie
When the island of Ireland is united as one political entity it will be a seismic and historic event. That’s when, rather than if, because it will happen. When exactly may or may not be in your lifetime if you’re on the wrong side of, well, let’s say, 60.
Some people want this constitutional change to happen tomorrow. They don’t know what would happen on the day after, nor have they any blueprint for the whole panoply of change and structure that would be required.