Irish Unity by Ben Collins sampler
Irish Unity is the first book to explore Irish reunification in the aftermath of Brexit which is written by Ben Collins who comes from a pro-British and Unionist background and has lived and worked across the UK. In this book Collins explains how he has come to favour Irish Unity. He uses his twenty years of experience working in political communications to give his insight on the current situation regarding the building momentum for Irish Unity, the importance of the Good Friday Agreement and Brexit. In this book he sets out what it would take to win a Border Poll referendum and the importance of preparation in advance. Inspired by the momentum of the Scottish referendum and taking lessons from elsewhere, Ben Collins guides the reader through the steps needed from both sides that he believes will unite Ireland. Collins gives deep insight from a Northern Ireland perspective about how the financial, cultural and social ramifications could pan out for citizens in both parts of Ireland and how it would affect the United Kingdom, Europe and the world.
Irish Unity is the first book to explore Irish reunification in the aftermath of Brexit which is written by Ben Collins who comes from a pro-British and Unionist background and has lived and worked across the UK. In this book Collins explains how he has come to favour Irish Unity. He uses his twenty years of experience working in political communications to give his insight on the current situation regarding the building momentum for Irish Unity, the importance of the Good Friday Agreement and Brexit. In this book he sets out what it would take to win a Border Poll referendum and the importance of preparation in advance.
Inspired by the momentum of the Scottish referendum and taking lessons from elsewhere, Ben Collins guides the reader through the steps needed from both sides that he believes will unite Ireland.
Collins gives deep insight from a Northern Ireland perspective about how the financial, cultural and social ramifications could pan out for citizens in both parts of Ireland and how it would affect the United Kingdom, Europe and the world.
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irish unity<br />
of the <strong>Irish</strong> Free State as a self- governing dominion within the<br />
British Empire.<br />
28 June 1922– 24 May 1923: <strong>Irish</strong> Civil War between pro- treaty<br />
and anti- treaty forces, who remained opposed to the partition of<br />
Ireland which was recognised <strong>by</strong> the treaty.<br />
6 December 1922: <strong>Irish</strong> Free State of 26 counties officially established,<br />
ending the <strong>Irish</strong> War of Independence.<br />
16 May 1926: Fianna Fáil party founded <strong>by</strong> Éamon de Valera<br />
and his supporters after they split from Sinn Féin, on the issue of<br />
abstention on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the British Monarchy.<br />
He advocated doing this so that he could keep his position as a<br />
Teachta Dála in the <strong>Irish</strong> Parliament.<br />
8 September 1933: Fine Gael founded following the merger of<br />
Cumann na nGaedheal, the National Centre Party and the Army<br />
Comrades Association.<br />
18 April 1949: Ireland formally leaves Commonwealth and<br />
becomes Republic of Ireland.<br />
1964– 72: Northern Ireland Civil Rights Campaign, challenging<br />
discrimination and inequality against <strong>Irish</strong> Catholics in<br />
Northern Ireland.<br />
14 August 1969: British troops deployed to Northern Ireland,<br />
initially as a peacekeeping mission to restore order after RUC<br />
(Royal Ulster Constabulary) brutality in Catholic Derry/Londonderry<br />
Bogside. The army was gladly received <strong>by</strong> the Catholics/<br />
Nationalists there.<br />
9 August 1971– December 1975: Operation Demetrius, aka internment.<br />
Just under 2,000 people were arrested and interned (imprisoned<br />
without trial). Of these more than 1,800 were nationalists<br />
who were accused of being part of the IRA. Only 100 were loyalists.<br />
The European Court on Human Rights found five of the<br />
interrogation methods used amounted to torture.<br />
30 January 1972: Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry. British Army<br />
shot 26 and killed 14, all unarmed civilians during a protest march<br />
in the Bogside.<br />
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