Michelle O’Neill, the leader of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, has officially become “Prime Minister” of Northern Ireland, Saturday February 3. Although she did not specifically campaign on this theme, this is the first time that a Republican, in favor of the unification of Ireland, has held this position. In an interview given to the 24-hour news channel Sky News after her appointment, the one who prefers to speak of “northern Ireland” rather than “Northern Ireland” said she hoped for a referendum in the coming decade.
In this video, we retrace the history of the split of Ireland, recorded in 1921, then we explore the desire for reunification of Irish nationalists. The Good Friday Agreement, signed in April 1998 and which ended thirty years of civil war, provides for the organization of a referendum on the reunification of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. , but under very specific conditions.
If you want to know more on the subject, we refer you to the portrait of the new Prime Minister, below:
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