Irish Unity is not a Matter of Arithmetic
Irish Border Poll
20 December 2025
By Paul Breen If 2025 has been a good year for talking about Irish unity, then 2026 must be the year when we decide what
By Paul Breen If 2025 has been a good year for talking about Irish unity, then 2026 must be the year when we decide what
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What a fool I was! I was only a puppet, and so was Ulster, and so was Ireland, in the political game that was to
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Watch this Battle of Ideas festival debate produced in association with irishborderpoll.com. For the first time in Northern Ireland’s existence, the leader of a nationalist
We are delighted to give a platform to Enniskillen native Carl Duffy who writes for irishborderpoll.com for the first time. Some very unhelpful objections are
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Okay, so riddle me this. Last Sunday’ poll in the Irish Times says 50% of people in Northern Ireland want to stay in the UK,
Well then, that’s it I suppose. Irish unity is a pipedream; no closer now than ever. Let’s pack up the tent and all go home.
Guest contributor Emma DeSousa aspires to a United Ireland, yet refuses to describe herself an Irish nationalist. Below she explains why she finds the terminology
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