For and against a united Ireland

4.03 ( 69 Ratings by Goodreads)
For and against a united Ireland

For and against a united Ireland

4.03 (69 Ratings by Goodreads)
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The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than at any point since partition in 1921. Voters on both sides of the Irish border may soon have to confront for themselves what the answer to a referendum question would mean - for themselves, for their neighbours, and for their society. Journalists Fintan O'Toole and Sam McBride examine the strongest arguments for and against a united Ireland. What do the words 'united Ireland' even mean? Would it be better for Northern Ireland? Would it improve lives in the Republic of Ireland? And could it be brought about without bloodshed? O’Toole and McBride each argue the case for and against unity, questioning received wisdom and bringing fresh thinking to one of Ireland’s most intractable questions.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781802050356
ISBN10 1802050353
Number Of Pages 200
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Royal Irish Academy
Format paperback
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‘The genius of For and against a united Ireland lies in the simple geometry of forcing each author to look at the question from a view obverse to those traditionally held by the societies from which they’ve emerged: it’s a luxury rarely afforded in Irish discourse.’

-- Mick Fealty * editor, Slugger O’Toole *

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Author's Bio

Fintan O'Toole MRIA is a columnist with The Irish Times and advising editor of the New York Review of Books. His many books on Irish history, politics, society and culture include We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland. He has been awarded the European Press Prize, the Orwell Prize for Journalism and the Robert Silvers Prize for Journalism. Sam McBride is the Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph and the Sunday Independent newspapers. He also writes on Northern Ireland for The Economist. He is a former Political Editor of the Belfast News Letter and has made a BBC film about the Northern Bank robbery. He is author of The Sunday Times bestseller Burned: The Inside Story of the 'Cash-for-Ash' Scandal and Northern Ireland's Secretive New Elite and is a regular broadcaster. Sam lives in Belfast with his wife and two young children.

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