EP06: Exploring the ramifications of a united Ireland
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- There's a wind of change in the air and its nationalism, you can feel it - it's in France, in the UK and even in Ireland. For the first time in a long time, Brexit and demographics in Northern Ireland have opened a real possibility of a united Ireland. But what would it mean, culturally, politically and economically?
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A United Ireland would be some sort of federal republic with two regional parliaments, ideally it would have 4 or 5 regional parliaments, we could use it as a chance to have more local government.
That was rejected by Unionists in the 1980s.
in the 2001 census Prodestants had a majority of 160,000, over Catholics.
In 2011 census that majority was reduced to 50,000 souls. Now,i in 2020, I opine Catholics are in the majority.
This is because, overt discrimination was ended in voting, housing and employment shortly after the bigoted Belfast political chamber abolished and direct rule introduced.
The Ulster farmers are very happy with the EU, as are their Southern neighbors.
And where’s this information from? There’s been no talk on that happening whatsoever.
Nope. Dublin will be the seat. Unless Belfast would benefit better being the capitol. Come to Belfast for the government. Come to Dublin for the restaurants.
First time listing to your podcast. Very interesting and enlightening. Will definitely come back for more.
A United Ireland is certainly possible and I do think will eventually come.
But for it to truly work, many people throughout the island and from several backgrounds have still to go on a long journey of discovery, to open their minds and to really listen and learn.
There are many and various forms and layers and traditions of what it means to be Irish.
There needs to be conversations allowing everyone to fully open to all concepts as to what a United Irish Nation would look like.
To put the 10,000,000,000 EUR price tag in context, we spend 16B on the HSE.....
This podcast is holding up well in 2022.
Perhaps ,not all Catholics will embrace a United Ireland ...?????
True and not just northern Catholics but southern Catholics who do not want to united with the radical Unionists.
I read once where at the height of the Troubles there were only 300 active IRA men.
They kept 15000 British troops busy and 7000 RUC .Plus Gardai deployed south of the border.
I think the Shankill and the Sandy Row alone could easily field 300 Loyalist gunmen not to mention Portadown and Ballamena and all the other more Protestant towns through out the North.
What I'm saying is that a United Ireland is a recipe for a return to the mayhem of the 70's and 80's with the Loyalists this time taking the leading role and the IRA responding. It could very Balkanesque around Belfast , Ballymena and environs .
Keep. the border is my solution.Sensible people in the south want a border between them and the kind of people who sing beautiful lines like "we're up to knees in Fenian blood" at Ibrox at an Old Firm game.
I know I'd feel a lot better with that border and I'm in America for decades now!
@@joekavanagh8997 That’s not a reason to not have a border poll. Just saying “there’ll be violence” isn’t an argument.
@@stevenmcalister826 With all due respect to you,, I do not want the country that I was born in turned into a Bosnian type situation.The people on the Shankill ,the Sandy Row ,in towns like Portadown possess a viciousness that Is quite unique in the world.
I know because I've been around the world and lived in 3 other countries besides my own .
There is no compromise with these people,the only word they know is "NO".
Keep the border ,give Derry ,Newry and South Armagh to the South ,and any Catholics if they want to move to the Republic should be given gererous aid to do so.When I was a kid in Cork in the seventies ,we had Catholics come to our town from Belfast.They opened their own businesses and thrived.That was something they weren't allowed to do in the "Wee North" with it's state sponsored bigotry.
By the way I call the Six Counties ,THE ORANGE RESERVATION, with no disrespect to the American Indians whom I've met in places like New Mexico and Arizona and are a proud dignified people.
All the best.
Not many catholics in the north would let the opportunity slip their grasp. Standing at the ballot box I guarantee very few Catholics would wish to stay in the UK.
I think sectarian divisions are gone. Religion matters so much less now than it did in 1990.
Very interesting
Need to find out why NI costs so much and make lots of cuts in useless public sector jobs.
Lots of delicate problems to be sorted....tread softly.....
@@BravoDox it's cheaper. Dole in NI is half the ROI
For me there is nothing in this. 27 mins of personal ramblings and a 3 min sum up that adds not a lot more. There differently is a good podcast to be done here.