Ireland's Future - Todhchaí na hÉireann

🚨The podcast is out 🎙️We speak to Dr Raied Al-Wazzan, originally from Iraq and living in Belfast for over 30 years ✅Dr Wazzan shares his thoughts on how minority ethnic communities need to be part of the all-island conversation on constitutional change podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

It was lovely to attend Lisburn Community Choir ‘Sounds of the Island’ concert in Lisburn Cathedral and to support my Pal, Tim & his amazing choir - fabulous night. I loved that they sang a song in Irish too! #TheBestOfUs 💚

The DUP have rolled out the red carpet for yet another extreme English politician offering little more than performative concern for people here. It only reinforces their lurch further to the extreme right & shows they have learned nothing from the damage caused by their Brexit fiasco. The politics of hatred, fear & division have no place in our society.

2026 is a different place. Should not have taken this long but, like peace, progress and equality comes dropping slowly.

✅ How to unite Ireland - Episode 1 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how…

A remarkable triumph for the inclusive, accommodating vision of Irishness shaped by Nationalist/Republican leaders in a city in which political unionism sought to shut down & exclude manifestations of Irishness for generations. It says a lot about our past, but also the future.

Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride have won the 29th Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize, for their book For and Against a United Ireland, published by the Royal Irish Academy @RIAdawson ​ The annual prize "is awarded to those that promote peace and reconciliation​".

The Trump Doctrine on a United Ireland: 2026

‘When it comes to the future of Ireland the best people to listen to are the Irish’ Yes. 🙌 💚

“As someone who believes deeply in the principle of self determination that should also extend to the Irish and I think when it comes to the future of Ireland the best people to listen to are the Irish.” - Mayor Mamdani 🎥 @TimmyFacciola_

The DUP’s green ties and shamrocks are in the bin.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Trump: "Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, and you get along so well. I don't know if I should be promoting mergers. I love mergers but we're gonna get in a little trouble. We're gonna get in more trouble with that."

The message is clear from Belfast today: it’s time for Irish unity. Tá sé in am don aontacht. Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! 🇮🇪☘️

At a St. Patrick's Day breakfast at Gracie Mansion, Mayor Mamdani notes that Irish politicians, like former President Mary Robinson, have long stood in "solidarity" with Palestinians. He praises the Irish for their "resistance" and "unity."

Delighted to meet @NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion’s St Patrick’s Day Breakfast, where our former President Mary Robinson was honoured for her tireless commitment to human rights, international law and solidarity.

"“It’s clear to me that he will support the cause for Irish reunification,” Samuelsen told amNewYork, calling Mamdani’s answer “a cautious” one. He added: “We’re gonna go over this with him in detail, and he’s gonna stand with us.”" amny.com/politics/mamda…

Thank you @ZohranKMamdani

Zohran Mamdani on the British subjugation of Ireland:

This is a really interesting film on one of the big topics of our time, reunification on the island of Ireland. @Dena speaks to a wide range of people, who talk for the most part about the politics of this place, which is hard to avoid in this part of the world. For me, I am more interested in the economic (opportunity) upside of an all island economy and how full integration of services and the two economies, will raise the standard of living for people right across the island. In particular I am interested in the possibilities that sit with aligning the economic structure of the North of Ireland with the South, which ultimately puts our part of the island on an even playing field, when it comes to attracting inward investment into infrastructure, public services and our local economy. There is some good work going on around the reunification debate now, and what that might look like for ordinary folk. In particular the work of @JohnDoyleDCU and @ArinsProject leads the way with research into the data available. The Shared Ireland fund has up to €1BN to invest in projects across the island up to 2035, and with a large chunk of that money allocated for Cross Border infrastructure and tourism projects (over €600M already earmarked for NI based projects), this is a symptom of what is possible when we look at the island as one, as opposed to two very different jurisdictions. One certainty is that STATUS QUO is no longer a sustainable economic model for the c.1.9M people who live in the North, as the lived experience here is to watch and experience how our public services and infrastructure continue to regress.

The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are two separate countries, thanks to the British partitioning the island in 1921. But today there's a growing movement to reunify. @Dena asks people on both sides of the border – do you want to see a united Ireland?