Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is four and half years since the vote on Brexit in the UK and we are a year into this Covid-19 crisis. Both crises have demonstrated the folly of partition and its huge impact on our island. In the last week, an opinion poll published by The Sunday Timeshas demonstrated that a majority of the people of the North are in favour of a referendum on Irish unity within the next five years. Will the Tánaiste's Government now bring in a White Paper on Irish unity, establish an Oireachtas all-Ireland committee on Irish unity, lay in place plans for Irish unity and set a date for a referendum on Irish unity?

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