Ireland Urged to Prepare for Potential Northern Ireland Unity Vote

Ireland Needs to Prepare for Unity Vote, Foreign Minister Says

Ireland needs to be prepared for a vote on whether to reunify with the UK’s Northern Ireland region, Irish foreign minister Helen McEntee said.

By Olivia Fletcher and Andrea Palasciano

Ireland must prepare for Northern Ireland reunification vote, foreign minister says

– Ireland needs to be prepared for a vote on whether to reunify with the UK’s Northern Ireland region, Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee has said. “I do believe that there will be a border poll at some stage,” McEntee told reporters in Wicklow, Ireland, ahead of a European Union foreign ministers meeting on Wednesday. “It is for the people of Northern Ireland to decide this and it is only where there’s a view that there may be a majority that we should move forward on this.” Her comments c...

By Bloomberg

Ireland and UK 'need to be prepared' for border poll

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said she believes "in the future we will have a border poll" but added that the focus for now needs to be on trying to "bring people together".