Uncut emerald: Ireland’s unification prospects
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The Economist
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🗓️ 20 February 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Spurred on by demographic shifts, Brexit and the success of the Sinn Fein party in this month’s election, the once-unthinkable idea of Irish reunification is gaining ground. The IMF is in Lebanon to discuss restructuring the country’s crippling debts; we examine the roots of the economic crisis. And visiting a frigid festival where even the instruments are made from ice.
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| 0:57.3 | Even through a 15 year civil war, Lebanon never defaulted on its debts. |
| 1:05.1 | Now that's looking dangerously close. |
| 1:07.9 | As the International Monetary Fund swoops in to talk restructuring, |
| 1:11.8 | we take a look at what's behind the deep economic crisis. |
| 1:16.0 | And if you want to attend Norway's Ice Music Festival, you better dress warmly. |
| 1:20.7 | It averages minus 10 degrees Celsius. |
| 1:23.6 | We pay a visit to hear the haunting compositions performed on instruments made from ice. |
| 1:38.1 | First up though. |
| 1:44.9 | In 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. |
| 1:48.3 | Let June 23rd go down in our history as our Independence Day. |
| 1:55.0 | It was a choice that could yet lead to independence of a different kind. |
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