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'); When should the UK call a border poll in Ireland? Calls for clarity on this 'quite remarkable' question The decision to hold a referendum is ultimately one to be taken by the UK’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. By Rónán Duffy Tuesday 16 Feb 2021, 1:32 PM Feb 16th 2021, 1:32 PM 28,960 Views 114 Comments Image: Rollingnews.ie Image: Rollingnews.ie THE OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE on the Good Friday Agreement has heard that the UK�...

British government 'must lay out its criteria for holding a border poll' Gerry Carlile Secretary of State Brandon Lewis THE British government must lay out its criteria for holding a border poll, a civic nationalism group has said. Gerry Carlile, chief executive of Ireland's Future, said it was "undemocratic" for the government not to make clear its conditions for holding a unity vote. According to the Good Friday Agreement, the Secretary of State "shall" call a poll "if at any time it appears likely to him that a majority of those voting would express a wish that Northern...

THE LATEST poll highlighting growing support for a united Ireland is a signal for the Dublin government to "step up preparations for constitutional change", a Sinn Féin MP has said.

Civic nationalism welcomes Brandon Lewis's acknowledgement of a conversation about the north's constitutional future Brandon Lewis acknowledged that there should be a conversation about the north's constitutional future Ireland's Future secretary Niall Murphy welcomed the secretary of state's remarks. Picture by Mal McCann BRANDON Lewis's acknowledgement that there should be a conversation about the north's constitutional future has been welcomed by civic nationalist group Ireland's Future. The secretary of state said on BBC's Question Time that he agreed with Michelle O'N...

The UK risks becoming a "failed state" unless it makes reforms to the union, former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.