Ireland and UK 'need to be prepared' for border poll

There ‘will be a border poll’ on united Ireland in future, Irish minister says

Ireland’s foreign affairs minister said there “will be a border poll” on a united Ireland at some stage in the future

Ireland must prepare for Northern Ireland unity vote, foreign minister says

– Ireland needs to be prepared for a vote on whether to reunify with the UK’s Northern Ireland region, Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee has said. “I do believe that there will be a border poll at some stage,” McEntee told reporters in Wicklow, Ireland, ahead of a European Union foreign ministers meeting on Wednesday. “It is for the people of Northern Ireland to decide this and it is only where there’s a view that there may be a majority that…

Ireland Needs to Prepare for Unity Vote, Foreign Minister Says

Ireland needs to be prepared for a vote on whether to reunify with the UK’s Northern Ireland region, Irish foreign minister Helen McEntee said.

Irish minister says there ‘will be a border poll’ on united Ireland in future

Helen McEntee made her remarks after Prime Minister Andy Burnham was criticised for stating that a referendum on a united Ireland was ‘off the table’.

Ireland and UK 'need to be prepared' for border poll

Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said she believes "in the future we will have a border poll" but added that the focus for now needs to be on trying to "bring people together".