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Title:Celt Notefile
Moderator:TALLIS::DARCY
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1632
Total number of notes:20523

1557.0. "United Ireland = good economics?" by CHEFS::MCGETTRICKS () Mon Feb 26 1996 13:29

    Yesterday, in the Sunday Times (London), Norman Macrae(??) advocated a united Ireland.
    
    The article rambled a bit but the essential thesis was that the
    Protestant business-class in NI should support a United Ireland because
    they would dominate it ecomomically. Also, such a development would
    render all current politicians in Ireland irrelevant - all parties,
    North and South, being ultimately driven by a sectarian split or their
    views on how to deal with it.
    
    I agree with him. 
    
    Could one of you technically astute people get the article downloaded
    fron the internet (or whereever you guys get these things from!) so
    that all can see what he had to say in full?  
    
    
    
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1557.1Economics or sectarianismCHEFS::MAGUIREPPaul Maguire @HHLThu Mar 07 1996 08:427
    This somewhat degrades the influence of the Catholic middle and
    managerial class, predominant in key positions in many major
    multi-national companies both in Ireland and overseas. The key issue
    and one you have alluded to previously is what is the longer term
    vision for Ireland, is it based on economic prosperity or on continuing
    sectarianism and Ireland remaining in the 19th century.