Mary-Lou "United Ireland is within touching distance"

Surely the UK and EU would contribute significantly toward the costs?

arbitron said:

Surely the UK and EU would contribute significantly toward the costs?

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Why?
We're one of the richest countries in the world and most of our EU partners resent our Corporation Tax policies. The UK is, on a per capita basis, significantly poorer than us.

arbitron said:

Surely the UK and EU would contribute significantly toward the costs?

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I'd imagine EU will have its hands full with the cost of the war in Ukraine, and then hopefully at some point rebuilding and getting Ukraine EU ready ... that'll be a much higher priority than NI.

If reunification happens then it's in the interests of all neighbours and trading partners that the new Ireland is both politically and economically stable and successful. In the same way that a hard Brexit would have been bad for Ireland and much of the EU.

The annual UK subvention to NI is estimated at between £3bn and £10bn depending on how it's calculated. A future UK government may well consider paying a portion of that for a defined period to get NI off the books long term.

Or maybe they would make it as difficult as possible to deter Scotland from breaking free...

arbitron said:

If reunification happens then it's in the interests of all neighbours and trading partners that the new Ireland is both politically and economically stable and successful.

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It'll be unification rather than reunification since Ireland was never a single country prior to being colonised by the Anglo-Normans.
Prior to that we were quite culturally united and used the same legal system which is more than can be said for almost any other place which is now a country.