Page 14 - Border Poll News Today

On this day 25 years ago, chief electoral officer Pat Bradley took to the podium in Belfasts Kings Hall and announced to the world the result of the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement.

THE Secretary of State for Northern Ireland said anyone who wants to know the criteria for a border poll needs to read the Good Friday Agreement.

Ijust think it was coming, the dup havent been standing around doing anything, so... that is what it is down to, a lack of government? lack of government, yeah. someone has to make really vital decisions relating - to the environment, employment, childcare, womens refuge vision,| the whole abortion issue. the scale of the jump in support for sinn fein is something they themselves had not even predicted, but will it do anything to change the dynamic in the power—sharing crisis here in northern ...

They themselves had not even predicted, but will it do anything to change the dynamic in the power—sharing crisis here in northern ireland, which has left everyone without a government for a year? the dup are preventing a return to power—sharing as a protest over the brexit arrangements. the irish sea border which they believe undermines northern irelands place in the uk. the party wants new legislation from the british government to address their concerns before they will return to governme...

The whole abortion issue is still unresolved. - the scale of the jump in support for sinn fein is something they themselves hadnt even predicted, but will it do anything to change the dynamic in the power—sharing crisis here in northern ireland, which has left everyone without a government for a year? the dup are preventing a return to power—sharing as a protest over the brexit arrangements, the irish sea border, which they believe undermines northern irelands place in the uk. the party want...

The dup are preventing a return to power—sharing as a protest over the brexit arrangements. the irish sea border which they believe undermines northern irelands place in the uk. the party wants new legislation from the british government to address their concerns before they will return to government. getting a border poll is still core business for sinn fein, it is just that they downgrade it slightly come election time. in effect, what you have now got in northern ireland is 40% of the popul...

The dup are preventing a return to power—sharing as a protest over the brexit arrangements. the irish sea border which they believe undermines northern irelands place in the uk. the party wants new legislation from the british government to address their concerns before they will return to government. getting a border poll is still core business for sinn fein, it is just that they downgrade it slightly come election time. in effect, what you have now got in northern ireland is 40% of the popul...

Irish history provides a guide to how painfully slow major political change can be following a period of violence; this process has barely begun

To northern ireland. but what did the agreement say about the possibility of a united ireland? it said it could happen, but only if a majority of people in northern ireland vote for it in a border poll, and there also needs to be approval in the republic. without that, its the status quo — northern ireland remains part of the united kingdom. the agreement was drawn up by politicians back in 1998, but they made it clear the future will be decided by the people. the agreement was announced after...

GERRY Adams isn't especially surprised that 25 years on from the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the north remains deeply divided.