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THE victory by Ireland’s left-wing Sinn Fein Party in the Republic’s recent election has not only overturned some 90 years of domination by the island’s two centre-right parties, it suddenly puts the issue of Irish reunification on the agenda.
While the campaign was fought over bread-and-butter issues like housing, the collapsing healthcare system and homelessness, a united Ireland has long been Sinn Fein’s raison d’etre. In the aftermath, party leaders called for a border referendum on the subject.
But nothing is simple in Ireland, most of all, reunification.
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