Brexit is changing the face of politics in the North

In the face of a possible British crash-out, the new civic nationalist movement is attracting Protestant as well as Catholic support

Joe Brolly is one of two leading GAA figures in the North who support the campaign for a border poll Pic: Fergal Phillips

Brexit knows no parameters. The prospect of the GAA in Ulster supporting a border poll in the aftermath of Brexit has now surfaced.

Armagh’s Jarleth Burns suggested on radio that were there to be a border poll, the GAA should publicly declare its support for a united Ireland. Derry’s Joe Brolly, following up, went even further and called on the GAA to support the campaign for a border poll.

Both men are significant ...