There were always lots of kings in Ireland. Certainly more than five. But there were often High Kings, who claimed overlordship of the whole island. Certainly the concept of a single Ireland was bett… (View Post)

Leo Varadkar tried, very gently, to start a conversation about compromises the Republic might make to mollify soft Unionists in the north - on the National Anthem, or the flag, to pick a couple of mi… (View Post)

At the moment local politicians organise buses to take patients waiting for cataract surgery from Munster to Belfast. I'd suggest that one potential trigger for Irish Unity will be when patients on w… (View Post)

There's are a couple of scenarios where we might see a push for a border poll. If Sinn Fein win the next Stormont election, then two times in a row begins to look more like a permanent change than a … (View Post)

I would tow cars more often for parking offences. One of the advantages being that it moves the car from where it shouldn't be, and so it's also a practical solution to the problem as well as a deter… (View Post)