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Mary Lou McDonald had previously said unification was within "touching distance" after the return of power-sharing government to Northern Ireland, led by her Sinn Fein colleague Michelle O'Neill. But she acknowledges there is "an awful lot of work to be done".

Mary Lou McDonald was speaking to Sky News following the restoration of the Northern Ireland executive, where her party - a nationalist group - is now the largest caucus in Belfast for the first time since the Good Friday Agreement came into effect.

She said: "What I firmly believe is - in this decade - we will have those referendums, and it's my job and the job of people like me who believe in reunification to convince, to win hearts and minds and to convince people of that opportunity - part of which, by the way, will be really consolidating our relationship with Britain as our next door neighbour and good friend."

Asked if she meant before 2030, Ms McDonald said "yes".

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 6 months ago (2 children)

May as well, if it means rejoining the EU following the disaster that was Brexit.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Watch Scotland and Wales ask a unified Ireland if they can join them too.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Imagine the English malding

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Half us English are malding already; the other half find intermittent enjoyment in their malding as a coping mechanism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Eating Mald salt by the fistful

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Celtic Union rise!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The entire Ireland is in the EU already. Northern Ireland can access the single market without checks. The checks are between Ireland and GB.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

They are still part of a country that's not within the EU. Even living in Ireland it's sometimes a major pain to do anything in the UK. (Ordering stuff, returns, etc..) I can imagine it's turned up to 11 in NI.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sinn Fein is running six years behind schedule. 😡

[–] gravitas_deficiency 16 points 6 months ago

We’re due for the Bell Riots this year, too

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

According to Data on Star Trek TNG, reunification is scheduled for this year.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I welcome the bell riots with open arms

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

fades, their arms wide

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Hey I called this the other day.

You can really blame brexit for this, which means, you can really blame Russia.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Mary Lou McDonald was speaking to Sky News following the restoration of the Northern Ireland executive, where her party - a nationalist group - is now the largest caucus in Belfast for the first time since the Good Friday Agreement came into effect.

She said: "What I firmly believe is - in this decade - we will have those referendums, and it's my job and the job of people like me who believe in reunification to convince, to win hearts and minds and to convince people of that opportunity - part of which, by the way, will be really consolidating our relationship with Britain as our next door neighbour and good friend."

Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, there is a pathway for a reunification poll to be held in Northern Ireland.

According to the Institute For Government, there is no parallel mechanism in the Good Friday Agreement for a referendum in the Republic of Ireland, where Ms McDonald is a politician.

Asked about her previous comments that unity is within touching distance, the Sinn Fein president said she was talking in "historic terms".

"They need to give it a structure and a place and of course it has to be inclusive - we want to hear from every voice, including those for whom reunification would not be their first option - those who go out and campaign for the union."


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[–] BakedGoods -2 points 6 months ago

Just get it over with. The border goes either on land or water. The whole situation makes both the Irish and the English look very silly.