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why will the British Government not start the process of solving the Irish Question?
The Republic of Ireland is not a failed entity, is is a Prosperous Nation. Not All unionists in N.I. are Protestant, and all Nationalists are Roman Catholic. And the Republic is approx 80% Roman Catholic in name only. A Federal solution is the way forward in Ireland. Most Unionists in N.I dislike the English more than the Nationalists do.
Why are some people unable to give an intelligent answer to a question?
Ni. Has approx 59% Protestant. See above notes, not all are Unionist. Are you not aware of the New Ireland movement, which consists of people of all faiths. The ROI. is no longer under the Power of Rome, However, NI . is controlled to some extent by Clergy, i.e. Rev. Ian Paisley.
Please note, Abortions are not available in the North of Ireland.
Abortions are allowed in the Republic of Ireland in certain case. i.e. incest, rape of a child etc. There is no desire on the part of any of the churches in Ireland, (All Ireland) no border between the churches, to see abortion available so freely as it is in the Uk.
Please note, Ireland and the Uk are both part and Parcel of the E. U. Therefore if they are our Lord and Masters as has been claimed, they are also Lord and Masters of the United Kingdom.
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- janusLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
The Loyalists People at the moment are not Happy with the Idea of Uniting with the South, and severing the link with Britain. In there Heart of Hearts they probably dont like being attached to Britain. Some of the Laws and Regulations of the UK are not liked by the Northern Irish but because they still want to retain the link with Uk they have to keep there Mouth Shut.
I would say in the Past most LoyalistsPeople had no Idea what the People of the South were like, because of all the Trouble of the last 40 Years and the propaganda given out by the Extremists of both sides, the People of the North thought Southerners Had Horns on there Heads and were afraid of them. Now because of the interactivity between North and South they Realize we are not as bad as they thought.
The only way they can change things is when the Loyalists decide to join in some way that they can live with when they think it is safe , then there will have to be a Vote on it. We have mostly got rid of the Religeous Thing ,we dont let ourselves be Dictated to By Roman Catholic Church anymore. We once were kept down By the Catholic Church and Government who had a Symbiotic Relationship with each Other who used each Other to Control the People. They had the annoying Habit when the People started to want Laws changed The Government of the Day used the Church to Frighten the People by Catholic Guilt into not wanting Laws Changed. This Process Happened in Many Countries For Millenia but was Especially Bad in Ireland Immediately the Free State was Formed in 1922 up to 1980 but now the People think for themselves and have Grown up . We are not such a Papist State anymore only Partly so.
I think youre Idea is a Good one . I would say the Authorities in both Countries are exploring that Concept already, But getting everybodys Agreement on it is another thing.
- 1 decade ago
Most people of my generation don't exactly jump at the idea of Ian Paisley or just as bad, Gerry Adams having any say in hour our country is run. We'd prefer Northern Ireland to be independent of both the UK and the Republic.
Oh, and for that answerer, about our laws being based on our religion, most of our laws are based on the UK's. Abortion rules stem from the consensous of the people. No religion likes the idea of abortion, Catholics are just the most organised, largest and most vocal. At least our government has no offical links to religion, our Taoiseach doesn't have a say in who becomes the most senior clergyman in a religion, nor is our head of state the head of a religion.
Also, God forbid they join a currency that would help them export more and more, have more private business and trade more with the Republic and other European countries which costs millions of pounds each year in conversion. I'd rather go on holidays to somewhere that has the same currency as the Republic so I know exactly what I am spending and with no worry about exchange rates.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
If the Unionists dislike the English, why are so many of them living in England nowadays?
As an Englishmen I say England for the English and Ireland for the Irish. After all, I wouldn't want the French being our political masters.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
What bulwarks you talk. Of course Northern Ireland is a failed entity if the British Government could have got rid of it years ago they would have. It was the people of Northern Ireland that prevented this happening then and will no doubt continue to do so.
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- lesroysLv 61 decade ago
Something like 70% of the North is Protestant.
Besides Eire being staunchly Roman Catholic (where do all the Irish Catholic girls go to get their abortions?), it is also part of the Euro zone. Are you seriously going to tell me throwing their lot in with the Continent is like retaining sovereignty? Maybe so, but my point is, if the North throws their lot in with the South, then they'll give up every ounce of their Britishness, because they will de facto be ceding authority to Rome, Brussels and Strasbourg.
Source(s): More than 6,000 Irish women a year travel to the UK to get legal abortions, the numbers only declining during the time that Ireland prohibited pregnant women from travelling outside of Ireland (overturned by the EU courts in 1992 as it was in violation of the freedom of movement of EU nationals). The more interesting statistic is the number of "fetal deaths" not caused by legal abortions during the time of the travel ban. How do you reconcile 900 "fetal deaths" before the travel ban was lifted with 300 after? Surely, there was not such a sudden drop in the number of miscarriages, which leaves back-street abortions as the culprit. I find that very sad indeed. Not only are these fetuses aborted, but in way that is even more abhorrent than a clinical procedure. Abortion is legal in some cases in N. Ireland, for example if the woman's physical or mental health or wellbeing is at risk, but also bear in mind that N. Ireland never banned women from travelling to other parts of Britain, as Eire did. This is just one area where Ireland is going to have to change, because EU law does not necessarily conform with the laws of the Roman Catholic Church (which if you will excuse me for saying, appears to be the basis of all law in the Republic of Ireland). I am not saying that the ability to get an abortion or disseminate information about where to get an abortion abroad (also illegal in the Irish Republic) is "enlightened", but that the EU, who are now your lords and masters, think it is. The North must decide whether they want to be "members of the (EU) club in good standing", or if they want to be held back by Catholic dogma. - 1 decade ago
Pull out and leave em to it, they're all as bad as each other and while we're at it devolution for the taffs and jocks, who needs em.
- pjlisa13Lv 41 decade ago
yes ST Patrica day everyone will eat corn beef and cabbage how is that for a start.
