SINN Fein is now the most popular party in the Republic of Ireland, according to two opinion polls published on Sunday.
Previous polls have indicated that the republicans are also the leading party in the six counties, leading to renewed hope of majority support for a united Ireland on both sides of the border.
The latest Sunday Times/Behaviour & Attitudes poll found that Sinn Fein leads Fine Gael by 10 per cent. Sinn Fein increased in popularity to 33 per cent – up three points – while the ruling party dropped two points to 23 per cent.
AARON SMITH discusses why the Protestant diaspora are still part of Yeats’s ‘Indomitable Irishry’, and an integral part of any future united Ireland.
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH
Who you ask and how you ask matter, as does why you are asking — the history of opinion polls shows they are as much about creating opinions as they are about recording them, writes socialist historian KEITH FLETT


