Ireland's Future

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald TD has described Dublin City Council’s vote in support of a motion urging the government to prepare for Irish Unity as “another step forward on the road to a United Ireland in our time.” The motion, which was passed at Monday’s Council meeting, calls on

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“The next stage of the discussion must be how we all work together to bring about a new and united Ireland.” He added that it will be necessary “[t]o overcome the obstacles of the resistance of the British Government and the refusal of the Irish Government to plan, prepare, or advocate for Unity”.

Twenty-seven years ago an agreement was entered into by the British and Irish governments, along with key unionist and nationalist political parties, which brought an end to the Troubles. The agreement was the Good Friday Agreement (the “GFA”).

While the violence has receded, the tension along community interfaces remains. Bonfires are burnt alongside Irish Tricolours, nationalist election posters, sectarian banners, and effigies of nationalist leaders. They are the most visible and ugly presentations of sectarianism and demonstrate how far elements of the unionist community have to travel in terms of respect and reconciliation.