North and South: What do Irish people think about reunification?

<p>Voters in the north and the Republic of Ireland would welcome a referendum on a United Ireland.</p><br><p>A straightforward binary question would yield a resounding yes on this side of the border, and an emphatic no from the six counties.</p><br><p>That result is clear from a two polls carried out in both jurisdictions by Ipsos for The Irish Times. </p><br><p>But the wide-ranging research shows the Republic’s commitment to a United Ireland is wide but not deep. More than a third say they would be less likely to vote yes if reunification meant sacrificing the tricolour or Amhrán na bhFhiann. Some respondents are concerned about the potential for violence. </p><br><p>Today Pat Leahy tells Aideen Finnegan what the research tells us about attitudes to a United Ireland - and which arguments those for and against it must win. </p><br><p><em>North and South is a collaboration between The Irish Times and ARINS, which is a joint research project of the Royal Irish Academy and the Keough-Naughton Centre for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.</em></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>