following on from my question about voting northern ireland out of the union(again i stress i am just thinking out loud) do you think that as part of final solution to the northern ireland issue that the republic of ireland should rejoin the commonwealth so as to give the unionist population of the island the link with the monarchy and also giving the nationalist population the united ireland they want??
2007-08-02 05:29:07 · 16 answers · asked by emperor_of_the_north_pole 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I never knew that Eire was ever a member of the Commonwealth. I thought that this dubious honour was reserved for former slave colonies of the old UK Empire.
Cannot see any advantage for the Irish in joining the Commonwealth. Far better for them to stick firmly to the EU and create more along the lines of a Pan-Celtic culture of trade and co-operation between the Celtic Nations of Eire and Breten, Brittany and Galicia in Spain etc.
2007-08-02 18:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
NO, its not going to happen. I'll state the obvious and say it took us 800 years to get out of it fully, and a 'republic' by its very nature would not support a monarchy! But that's another huge debate about the roles of royalty in Europe and Asia today, like just how relative and representative are these non elected people to their 'people', (whole other debate, so I'll stop now).
I think NI could go the route of Scotland etc and establish a more self governing state, and then decide which way they want to go. But we've only got our act and wealth together in the last 15 year;s, so to take on rebuilding the North would cost too much, however NI are trying to adopt our corporation tax laws to make investing there more attractive, worked for us, so why not for them.
And, celebrations all round, and the 'official British army presence' ended this week in Northern Ireland, we're officially at peace. So the British army presence there is just like its presence on the UK mainland
2007-08-02 06:36:35 · answer #2 · answered by Christine 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you're going to ask questions to which the answer is BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS to people born and reared in Ireland, you will be called a troll, Martin. I'm sorry to tell you this, but it's a sad fact ... Ireland left the Commonwealth in 1936, and I seriously doubt we would ever go back. But never say never. I'm afraid as that regards Justin Beaver, sorry, Bieber, I don't really know anything about him, but I am sure he is very talented and good at what he does. Addition: Valid point about those in the North, Gary.
2016-05-21 01:04:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that this question has gone too far the other way from your last.
the population a ROI would (i suppose) never agree to becoming part of the commonwealth, due to the fact that the head is still our Queen Elizabeth II. Ireland had fought so ong for their independance from US that I cant see this happening. I'm affraid Ireland wil forever be a country divided, the main task for her population is to find a way to live together in peace and harmony therfore making Ireland a great place to live nomatter whatpart of the divide you are
2007-08-03 05:21:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone seems to forget one major factor - The Republic of Ireland can't afford Northern Ireland! The security and social security costs are astronomical. I wish they could - a lot of people think the UK likes holding onto Northern Ireland for territiorial reasons. We don't - its like an albatross round our necks.
But if they were in a position to take it on - joining the Commonwealth (for what its worth these days) would probably appease the unionists. Although they are very difficult people to please!
2007-08-02 05:42:29 · answer #5 · answered by Answer Me! 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i think the problem is much more complicated than just uniting the countries and setting different boundaries. i think a united ireland would cause many problems especially in the northern ireland part. i think keeping ireland, northern ireland, and england should stay three separate countries because no matter where the borders are, there are still going to be problems between catholics and protestants. before uniting any countries or changing any official borders the problems between the protestants and catholics need to be resolved so the country is more stable.
2007-08-02 05:35:14 · answer #6 · answered by hello_lovely 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It can't "re-join" if it was never part of the Republic in the first place. Yes, I think it should be part of the Republic, but some have been fighting that for over 800 years and it hasn't happened yet. What's going on now in Northern Ireland is something many of us never thought we see in our life time. Let it be!
2007-08-02 05:33:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
If the Republic of Ireland wish to have membership of the Commonwealth, I think we should welcome them. However, I don't think the Commonwealth needs to go touting for business!
Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK for just as long as its inhabitants wish it. It's not down to the rest of the UK to vote out bits we don't like. Because Northern Ireland would be well down a fairly long list of bits to get rid of.
Parts of South Wales are deeply unpleasant, but the rest of us shouldn't be able to vote them out of the UK!
2007-08-02 05:38:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No , we neither need them or want them. They have always been an enemy of Britain, although they kept a low(ish ) profile. Don't forget they gave refuelling facilities to German U-boats in WW2 , and they were officially neutral. A lot of their citizens fought in the war against the Nazis but that does not excuse the two-timing government.
2007-08-02 11:15:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. They don't deserve it because of the state sponsored killing in Ni and mainland UK throughout the troubles
2007-08-02 05:42:20 · answer #10 · answered by StevieMax 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋