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FINE Gael TD Neale Richmond has said a "generational shift" in his party has now made it much more amenable to campaigning for Irish unity. The Dublin Rathdown TD was part of an Ireland's Future panel discussion at Westminster earlier this...

PRESSURE is mounting on the secretary of state to spell out the criteria for a border poll. Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle ONeill yesterday said there was a need to clarify the

A FINE Gael TD has called on his own government to establish an Oireachtas committee on Irish unity ahead of a potential border poll.

As well, do you ponder a moment, a future perhaps several or more years down the track where there is a very live conversation about a united ireland? the border poll as it is known? well, first of all obviously sinn fein have come first| in a number of seats - and we congratulate them for that, but it is not - the first time a nationalist party has come first in terms of votes. l the sdlp did that. as far back as 1998. they didnt match it with seats but they got more votes - than any other part...

And come together and someone says, "look, we have _ listened to everybody, - nobody in northern ireland gets everything that they want, but here is the best that - we can come up with" — - that was the protocol, really — ive no doubt if bothj sides came together that the political leadership - in northern ireland would follow. before you go, lets step back to the bigger picture. you nodded to it there, the election result in northern ireland last week, and we see the rise of sinn fein and t...

Ireland? �* . �* of a border poll on a united ireland? . . �* _, , ireland? again, didnt come up. in sinn feins— ireland? again, didnt come up. in sinn feins campaign _ ireland? again, didnt come up. in sinn feins campaign that - ireland? again, didnt come up. in sinn feins campaign that was - ireland? again, didnt come up. in sinn feins campaign that was not| sinn feins campaign that was not the number one issue. they were talking _ the number one issue. they were talking about the cost...

The dup are committed devolutionists, but it can only be on sound, stable footing, which means consent for both unionists and nationalists. hi, guys, can i get- you the watermelon or the coconut today? sinn feins victory also raises new questions over what it says about the choices voters are making for northern irelands future. the party strongly believes in holding a border poll, a vote on whether northern ireland should remain part of the uk. there is only one person that can call a border po...

Post-Good Friday Agreement? Post-St Andrews? Post-Brexit? Call it what you will but we are embarking on a new political era.

New questions over what it says about the choices voters are making for northern irelands future. the party strongly believes in holding a border poll, a vote on whether northern ireland should remain part of the uk. there is only one person that can call a border poll, and that is the secretary of state for northern ireland. hes obliged to call a border poll if it appears to him that there is a majority in favour of a united ireland within northern ireland. at the moment, the opinion polls sugg...

You had _ negotiate amendments over the past you had not made much progress. it is not _ you had not made much progress. it is not even — you had not made much progress. it is not even fully operating at. there — is not even fully operating at. there are _ is not even fully operating at. there are clauses yet to come into action _ there are clauses yet to come into action that— there are clauses yet to come into action. that is a difficult issue. sinn _ action. that is a difficult issue. s...