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Over a quarter of people in the six counties say they have changed their mind since the Brexit vote and now support a united Ireland – bringing polling for a referendum to 45 per cent staying in the UK and 42 per cent leaving it, with 13 per cent undecided. ^ "LT NI Tracker Poll (October 2017) – Results Report".
The Irish Times interviewed loyalist Shankill Road residents that month and found significant anger at the DUP, and accusations that the community had been "sold short" on the protocol. [73] Foster was replaced by Paul Givan later that year, though he too resigned in February 2022 over the continued existence of the protocol. [74]
The question of a referendum on Irish unity is not a priority and does not “arise currently”, Simon Harris has said. Ireland’s premier said it was more important for the new UK Government to ...
v. t. e. There are a number of political parties in Ireland, and coalition governments are common. The two historically largest parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, arose from a split in the original Sinn Féin. Fine Gael is the successor of Cumann na nGaedheal, the faction that supported the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, while Fianna Fáil arose ...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army ( Provisional IRA ), officially known as the Irish Republican Army ( IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic ...
Ireland's main opposition party, Sinn Fein, outlined a stricter immigration policy on Tuesday after identifying its lack of clarity on the issue as a major reason for a poor showing at local ...
Sinn Fein has emerged for the first time as the party in Northern Ireland with the largest representation at Westminster.
The Social Democratic and Labour Party ( SDLP; Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta agus Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) [ 8] is a social-democratic [ 5][ 9][ 10] and Irish nationalist [ 9][ 11][ 12] political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has seven members in the Northern Ireland Assembly ( MLAs) and two members of Parliament (MPs) in the ...