2007-03-26 10:07:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Ireland ➔ Other - Ireland
It will be more of a shot gun wedding that a reunion, but over the long haul, a re-birth of the Irish culture.
The Republic is the second most successful member of the E.U. Northern Ireland under British domination is a virtual welfare state. Bringing this to a whole will in all probability be more difficult and costly than the uniting of East and West Germany.
An aside, before you assign all the causalities of the troubles to the I.R.A. Consider that half is the doing of the Unionists and their British MI5 handlers, still a concern in North Ireland policing.
Reparations if due should come from Blair and company.
The Rev. Ian can do more than anyone to build confidence in this interregnum by making a determined bid to have the weapons brought into the North by Ulster Resistance decommissioned. The DUP donned the red berets when Ulster Resistance was formed in 1986, Ian Paisley and Peter Robinson if not masterminded that group, by turning a blind eye to MI-5”s assitistance, they willing collaborated.
To have the Ulster Resistance weapons decommissioned, even one gun would be a gesture. Dammit even a bullet decommissioned would show the DUP is ready for this post-war era.
2007-03-30 04:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you've asked, now i don't live there, i'm just an observer (and have only the TV news and newspapers and two visits to Northern Ireland as reference) but i'd bet a pint of stout that Paisley's party doesn't take down their scary billboards and still will march in July to rub it in rub it in.
2007-03-27 20:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by celticregina 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am pleased to a certain extent, I suppose half a solution is better than none, at least power (to a degree) is within Northern Ireland itself, maybe we can now move on and have peace which is all we wanted in the first place.
2007-03-26 10:13:09 · answer #3 · answered by Lucia 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Great to hear.
but it's a pity that that piece of **** paisley is being applauded now when it was him who brewed and stirred a lot of the hatred in the first place.
I guess in some cases you have to shake hands with the devil to get the job done. I just hope his decision to finally cut the crap and move with the times doesn't fool people into thinking he is something more than a piece of ****
2007-03-26 10:51:43 · answer #4 · answered by steve c 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
For those who have no idea what you are talking about, I will include what I found out about today in Northern Ireland. "BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The leaders of Northern Ireland's major Protestant and Catholic parties, sitting side by side for the first time in history, announced a breakthrough deal Monday to forge a power-sharing administration May 8.
The agreement followed 4 1/2 years of deadlock and unprecedented face-to-face negotiations between the British Protestants of Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party and the Irish Catholics of Gerry Adams' Sinn Fein."
I assume this is what you are talking about since this is making major history. Those who are religious and believe in the same God as do Catholics and Protestants should put their petty differences aside and work together toward the greater good instead of being rivals.
I really like what Paisley says..."We must not allow our justified loathing of the horrors and tragedies of the past to become a barrier to creating a better and more stable future for our children," Paisley said.
"In looking to that future, we must never forget those who have suffered during the dark period from which we are, please God, now emerging," Paisley said. "We owe it to them to craft the best possible future."
2007-03-26 10:16:32 · answer #5 · answered by Deb 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
It could be if Paisley can bring all his party, the DUP, with him. Some in that party has a real hatred of their Roman Catholic neighbours.
There's hope here, after nearly 40 years of political violence.
2007-03-26 10:11:38 · answer #6 · answered by hecate321 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It's a start. Better forward than back
2007-03-26 10:32:54 · answer #7 · answered by slipstreamer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm getting very worried, as the DUP seem to be defragmenting
2007-03-27 09:20:48 · answer #8 · answered by Milking maid 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think its its the greatest thing to happen.as it enabled us to trvel to the north,first time in years and see the giants causeway.long may it last.
2007-03-26 10:56:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
too early to tell. paisley looked really awkward at the press conference. fingers crossed it will work
2007-03-26 10:10:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋