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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2017-10-03 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 03-10-2017

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[personal profile] danieldwilliam 2017-10-04 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I think so.

The 1999 Good Friday Agreement related change to the Irish constitution shifted the language to a desire for a unified Ireland, if everyone wanted it, through democratic and peaceful means but there is still a desire for a unified Ireland and an extension of Irish citizenship to anyone born in the island of Ireland.

I think there a number of Ulster unionists (not necessarily the DUP or the Ulster Unionists) who are would prefer that the Irish Constitution said "Ireland is the 26 counties in Ireland and Ireland has no interest or claim on the 6 counties of Northern Ireland which are British."

I'm not suggesting that vey many people are very excited about the current Article 2 and 3 language but there will be some.