A United Ireland vote?

I'm a proud republican Irishman but I feel the ship as sailed for the 6 counties to come under the Irish government. The people of the 6 counties are Irish anyway and can hold Irish passports. AntrimMan is as Irish as me or a chap in Kerry. 

I just believe there'd be a civil war if a 'Yes vote' was passed. Look at the uproar Unionists caused over a flag flying in City Hall. Could you imagine what would happen if they were forced to be part of an Irish Republic? There'd be blood on the streets and we'd be back to the troubles. I'm not prepared to take the risk for that to happen. I'm not prepared for my country to be in the world news for all the wrong reasons again. 

There's also the financial burden that I don't think the Irish government would be able to handle taking on the 6 counties. A lot of jobs in the north are through the UK government. What would happen the Irish people in the North if they became part of the Republic? Like it or not but there'd be mass unemployment. 

In the ideal world all 32 counties would be under the one government but unfortunately it's not that way but I think people need to take off their rose tinted glasses. The negatives of a United Ireland far outweigh the positives. 

 

Iris is very much in the yes camp. Lots of young fenian boys about the place.

Joking aside what would your opinion be? If a yes vote happened do you think the troubles would come back?  The Unionists caused havoc over a flag. God only knows what would happen

I believe that we've a 32 county country. 6 of those counties are unfortunately under UK rule. However, I don't believe having those 6 counties under Irish government rule is the right thing for the political and financial stability of this country. 

If guys like AntrimMan weren't allowed an Irish passport perhaps my opinion would be different. 

 

No. If it was a case that the neccessary vote was carried, the unionist para's do not have the means, organisation or togetherness to bring about anything resembling the troubles IMO.

 

Should it happen, it wouldn't be like the flicking of a switch, the post offices won't change to An Post or the phone boxes change to Eircom. It would be a slow, gradual change which would help.

 

Some civil unrest - certainly. Probably larger scale that we're seeing at the minute yes. But thats just the way of it. Demographics are changing here and a lot of Unionists find it unpalatable. Quite a lot are now going to uni in GB and a lot will stay there. It will get better with a newer generation who aren't used to having it all their own way.

I would love nothing more than the 6 counties to be under proper Irish rule. I would just be very worried there'd be trouble on the streets of Dublin & Belfast from loyalist terrorists.