Thanks to the support of young voters the left-wing republican party looks to have topped the popular vote for the first time in modern history, Jon Stone reports
referendum on Irish unification looks “inevitable” within the next decade, a former Taoiseach has said, following electoral success forBertie Ahern, who oversaw the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, said a so-called border poll was probably at least five years away but would happen.
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