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United Ireland by 2017

• Mark Devenport
• 25 Feb 07, 11:14 PM

Someone pointed out to me that, during his Inside Politics interview, Gerry Adams said Sinn Fein wanted a 拢10 billion peace dividend - 拢1 billion each year for the next decade. Given we are now in the year 2007, my keen eared listener enquired whether that means Sinn Fein has officially abandoned its belief in a United Ireland by the centenary of the Easter Rising in 2016? Or does the Sinn Fein President want to have his United Ireland cake whilst still chewing on his British Treasury slice?

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A bread and butter election?

• Mark Devenport
• 25 Feb 07, 11:07 PM

Have just posted a column for our online site suggesting bread and butter issues are more relevant to this campaign than any I can recall. Go on to muse about the strain such a trend may put on the Stormont archtecture designed by the Good Friday Agreement. Will probably take a little while for it to go up on the main site, so if you want to peruse my ramblings right now click on the extended entry.

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