“I'd love to see it unified.”
Reuters / RTE · 12 Sep 2026, Dublin
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Explainers
Fifty sourced pieces on partition, the Agreement, and unity. Full archive on the site.
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- What partition meant in 1921 — and why it still structures politics
- The Anglo-Irish Treaty: Free State, oath, and the civil war that followed
- From Free State to Republic: the 1949 break with the Crown
- How Northern Ireland was created — and who lived there
- Home Rule to partition: the road into the 20th century
- The Troubles in brief: conflict, civilians, and the long war
- Good Friday Agreement 1998: institutions, consent, and strands
- Strand Two and Strand Three: Dublin–Belfast–London after 1998
- The Belfast Agreement’s border-poll rule — what the text actually says
- From Sunningdale to the Agreement: failed settlements and lessons
- Ireland and the EU: accession, peace funding, and open borders south
- Timeline: key dates from 1916 to the Agreement (sourced chronology)
- What “united Ireland” means in law vs in everyday speech
- Political significance: sovereignty, identity, and representation
- Cultural significance: language, sport, churches, and shared islands
- Demographic change in Northern Ireland — what census data does (and doesn’t) prove
- Economic significance: markets, fiscal transfers, and living standards debates
- The Irish diaspora and reunification narratives abroad
- Why reunification talk rose after Brexit — a structural explainer
- Soft power and symbolism: flags, anthems, and contested public space
- North–South cooperation today: what already works without unity
- Measuring “mandate”: polls, elections, and the limits of both
- The consent principle: two electorates, one island question
- Who calls a border poll — and what “likely majority” means in practice
- Institutional redesign: Dáil, Stormont, and local government puzzles
- Security and policing after any constitutional change — open questions
- Fiscal challenge: public services, tax base, and transition costs
- EU and UK after a yes vote: customs, citizenship, travel
- Hard borders vs invisible borders: lessons since 1998 and Brexit
- Health, education, and welfare systems that don’t currently match
- Property, currency, and day-one practicalities people underestimate
- What “preparation” means for Dublin and London without prejudging a poll
- Unionist case for the Union — sovereignty and identity arguments
- Loyalist politics and the fear of constitutional change — a fair reading
- UK constitutional constraints: Parliament, the Agreement, and statute
- Why many unionists hear “inevitability” as disrespect
- Cross-community consent vs simple majority — the debate inside the debate
- British–Irish citizenship and identity after GFA — why erasure fears persist
- Economic arguments used against reunification — transfers and uncertainty
- How resistance shows up in elections, petitions, and street politics
- What Trump said in Dublin on 12 Sep 2026 — the sourced lines
- How UK and unionist leaders responded the same day — Guardian/BBC round-up
- Downing Street, the Agreement, and “insufficient support” framing after Dublin
- Conservative reaction to Trump’s Ireland remarks — what allowed sources report
- DUP and UUP responses: consent, not Washington — as reported
- Comparing Trump’s Dublin lines with earlier “merger” jokes (BBC context)
- Why US presidential comments land differently in Belfast and Dublin
- Hansard watch: what MPs said (or didn’t) after 12 Sep — omit if empty
- Media glossary: how Reuters, Guardian, RTE, and BBC framed the story
- FAQ: Trump, Irish unity, and what the Good Friday rules still require