Season 2 Episode 1 A United Ireland

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A United Ireland: the idea has been a political force in Irish and British politics for centuries, and it has been given fresh momentum by Brexit. Tim explains how the concept long pre-dates the partition of the island and was once championed by Protestant elites. Naomi visits a public meeting about unification in central Dublin, and asks why it matters to people -- and when they expect it to happen. We hear from expert Katy Hayward on the potential options for Northern Ireland after Brexit, and why she believes talk of a United Ireland should be avoided altogether.

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0:00.0	Aha, we're back, Naomi!
0:01.5	Hi, everyone, and welcome to a brand new season of the Irish Passport podcast.
0:06.1	Over the next few months, we are going to delve into the dramatic twists and turns of Irish and European politics
0:11.0	and the history and culture that explains it all.
0:13.8	This season, we are going to try to cover loads of topics sent in by you, our listeners,
0:18.4	including The Politics of the Pub.
0:20.1	The 1916 Rising. July the 12th,
0:22.4	the travelling community, and of course, the ga. And we have exciting news, which is that we have
0:27.1	launched a new way for you to support the podcast, a Patreon page. So this is a way for listeners
0:32.2	to sign up for regular donations as a patron of our podcast and get exclusive extra content in return. The link is
0:39.5	patreon.com forward slash the Irish passport. And supporting us allows us to keep making the podcast.
0:46.5	So if you like what we're doing, do support us if you can. And thanks for everyone who has backed us up
0:50.8	so far over the past year. Today, a special thanks goes out to William McQuillan from Dublin,
0:55.8	who sponsored this entire episode. So thanks, William.
0:58.4	Thanks so much. Okay, let's get a political entity has failed completely.
1:28.3	Northern Ireland no longer exists as a viable political entity.
1:32.3	And my view is that some new way forward must be found.
1:37.3	Some new political arrangement.
1:39.3	And that way forward and that political arrangement can only be found by the two sovereign
1:45.0	governments coming together and devising a solution for that situation which will ultimately
1:51.1	lead to the unity of this country.
1:53.3	...in ...made a little bit of Britain.
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