Northern Ireland
Border poll is ‘good idea’ but would be defeated held now, Taoiseach says
Leo Varadkar says a defeat now would take reunification off the agenda for years
A border poll would probably be defeated if held now, Leo Varadkar has said.
The Taoiseach said that if it was held and lost, it would leave a wake of division in Northern Ireland and calls for reunification would likely fall off the agenda for years, citing examples in republican Australia and Quebec in Canada.
“I don’t think it’d be a good idea, certainly not at this point in time,” he said, despite stating that ...