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EVEN on this side of the Irish Sea we can hear the sound of cogs grinding as unionist politicians grapple with the new political realities thrown up by the decision of the British people to leave the European Union.
Thinking outside the box does not come easily to the DUP, which last time it was tested had a majority of votes but today commands only a minority of opinion.
The northern Irish statelet has always been a highly artificial construct with its boundaries drawn to guarantee a majority of unionist voters in a country in which British colonial rule had ensured a pattern of settlement that made partition an enduring source of conflict.
AARON SMITH discusses why the Protestant diaspora are still part of Yeats’s ‘Indomitable Irishry’, and an integral part of any future united Ireland.
TOM GALLAHUE argues that asking what role Irish diaspora educators can play in shaping Irish unity is to ask a deeper question about democracy itself
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