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THE MAJORITY OF people in the Republic of Ireland would like to see an Irish unity referendum in the next five years.
That’s according to the latest Amárach/Claire Byrne Live poll for TheJournal.ie which found that 51% people would like to see the referendum take place in the next five years.
The poll found that 29% of people would not like to see the referendum take place in the next five years, while 20% of people were unsure.
If a border poll was to take place, the people of Northern Ireland would be asked whether they want to remain part of the United Kingdom or create a united Ireland.
Depending on the result, the Republic would then vote on the matter.
Under the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Secretary of State can initiate a border poll in circumstances where it is clear public opinion had swung towards Irish unity.
Looking at a regional breakdown of the poll, Munster was the area with the most amount of people in favour of a referendum over the next five years, at 62%.
In Leinster (excluding Dublin), 55% of people were in favour of the referendum, while 47% in Connaught/Ulster and 40% in Dublin were in favour.
In the age range 18-24, a total of 70% of people wished to see the referendum take place, while just 9% were against the idea.
The least amount of people were in favour of the referendum in the 45-54 and 55+ age range categories, both at 43%.
Speaking last month, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he would like to see a united Ireland in his lifetime.
When asked if he would like to see a united Ireland, he said: “I would, but only in accordance with the Good Friday Agreement, so that’s only with the consent of the majority of people in Northern Ireland.”
He said “that’s really important stuff and nobody should be forced into anything they don’t want”.
“And also, I think, if we ever get to that point, we need to make sure that unionists in Northern Ireland and British people in Northern Ireland feel that a united Ireland is a warm place for them,” Varadkar said.
“We don’t want to have a repeat of what happened 100 years ago when a minority was left behind.”
The Claire Byrne Live / Amarách Research Panel consists of over 1,000 Irish adults, all aged 18+. The poll was conducted earlier this week.
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Young lads, late night, and a Starlet Turbo no doubt… say no more…
While I hope everyone recovers; this type of report: young lads, late night pretty much implies someone wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, and speed most certainly was a factor.
It’s not a bad road. I live in Clane. It’s a main road with minor x roads. Speed was involved.
Have to agree, I live out that way and often see fresh trye marks in the morning from the night before around the Kilcock, Clane and Maynooth area. Looks like people do be using the roads as a rally track in the early hours.
Bad road that although upgraded in the past couple of years, its like the Clane Celbridge road, quite straight but loads of cross roads
Isn’t it possible it was a non human error crash
They do !
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