![]() ![]() Although there is no objective evidence that a unity referendum is anywhere close, Sinn Fein’s success sends shivers of apprehension down the political spine of unionists/loyalists who continue to view every political development through the prism of “perceived threat” to their constitutional position. ![]() The phenomenal rise of Sinn Fein, long linked to the IRA, from the fringes of support 25 years ago to becoming the largest party in both parts of Ireland is leading nationalists to believe that a united Ireland is around the corner. Northern Ireland has been without a government since, and the prospects for one in the near future are problematic. To register their outrage, they collapsed the power-sharing Stormont government in February 2022. Unionists see the Irish sea border as fundamentally eroding their constitutional status as part of the United Kingdom and voraciously call for it to be abandoned. Sennott: ‘There is still fear’ - for the five McCartney sisters of Belfast, the Troubles never ended ![]()
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