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I live not too far from Citywest IPAS hub. The local residents were trying hard to get more patrols and more security in the Hub. Mainly to protect the local village people. They also tried to stop the purchase of Citywest by the government. No one really listened. Now we see the issues. Hard to see a peaceful resolution. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2675 - 23/10/2025 19:12:27 2641301 Link
Replying To Bon: "Ah United Ireland, a nice romantic idea, but how exactly in reality do you think it will happen. Will Unionists just accept it on the chin do you think?" For those advocating a 32 county what actual benefits will it bring? Will the addition of the 6 counties add so much to exchequer or will it just make services provided be more stretched than they are already KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3839 - 23/10/2025 21:06:09 2641308 Link
Replying To supersub15: "# FullOfPorter: I'm a bit confused as to how the posting regulations work here, the most recent post of mine that didn't get by Admin was this morning in reply to this post of yours, I think my reply was squeaky clean and malice free, perhaps some posts are randomly chosen to set a standard ?. In the mean time you have a couple of good posts to your credit, keep up the good work." Nobody knows how posting regulations work because forum rules are so vague. the house rules are vague and open ended with no rules unlike many other sites. you also dont get told why a post of yours isnt approved to be posted on the site. which would help people get more posts online. KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3839 - 23/10/2025 21:14:57 2641309 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "For those advocating a 32 county what actual benefits will it bring? Will the addition of the 6 counties add so much to exchequer or will it just make services provided be more stretched than they are already" Ireland will be a bigger internal market. Agriculture is good in N.I. Also fishing. Other countries want larger states, Trump has eyed up Canada, and Greenland. Israel eyes up Gaza and West bank. Spain wants Gibraltar, China wants Taiwan and Argentina wants Falklands back. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2675 - 23/10/2025 22:10:33 2641314 Link
Trump has levelled the entire west wing of the White House to make room for his "Big Beautiful ballroom" with no due process for planning or by the historic buildings preservation board. It's like an analogy for what he and his enablers are doing to American democracy. I have to say it's sad to see. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11804 - 23/10/2025 22:37:27 2641318 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Ireland will be a bigger internal market. Agriculture is good in N.I. Also fishing. Other countries want larger states, Trump has eyed up Canada, and Greenland. Israel eyes up Gaza and West bank. Spain wants Gibraltar, China wants Taiwan and Argentina wants Falklands back." Thats the thing, countries have traditionally wanted to expand because it usually meant more economic activity and prosperity. There's a segment in Ireland that seem to be afraid of getting bigger by 1 million tax paying workers. It's not like we would be taking over a country where no one works, or a version of our own state in 1920 or even communist East Germany where there was no private enterprise and a completely alien economic system had to be converted over to that of West Germany. The north might not be as prosperous as here, it still has a good standard of living, good businesses which can improve further, a well educated work force, a good university system. It's not like it's north Korea. FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 430 - 23/10/2025 22:50:11 2641319 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Ireland will be a bigger internal market. Agriculture is good in N.I. Also fishing. Other countries want larger states, Trump has eyed up Canada, and Greenland. Israel eyes up Gaza and West bank. Spain wants Gibraltar, China wants Taiwan and Argentina wants Falklands back." You can not seriously be comparing a United Ireland to Israel stealing land and Trump wanting to annex Canada and Greenland. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11804 - 24/10/2025 06:11:37 2641326 Link
Replying To galwayford: "Ireland will be a bigger internal market. Agriculture is good in N.I. Also fishing. Other countries want larger states, Trump has eyed up Canada, and Greenland. Israel eyes up Gaza and West bank. Spain wants Gibraltar, China wants Taiwan and Argentina wants Falklands back." Tourism good in the 6 counties too, and they still are massive players in aerospace technology. There's still a decent industrial base in Belfast. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 17304 - 24/10/2025 06:24:43 2641327 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "Nobody knows how posting regulations work because forum rules are so vague. the house rules are vague and open ended with no rules unlike many other sites. you also dont get told why a post of yours isnt approved to be posted on the site. which would help people get more posts online." It's a free forum. There's no rules on how many usernames that people can post under. Basic cop on says it's one per person. Admins are a bit like referees. Some let a bit go because it leads to a better discussion if it's not offending anyone or going to get them in legal bother. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8308 - 24/10/2025 09:46:59 2641342 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "Nobody knows how posting regulations work because forum rules are so vague. the house rules are vague and open ended with no rules unlike many other sites. you also dont get told why a post of yours isnt approved to be posted on the site. which would help people get more posts online." #Killingfields. Thanks for your post, very helpful. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3284 - 24/10/2025 10:42:44 2641355 Link
The one and only reason I would like to see a united Ireland is because we were a 32 county Ireland, reduced to 26 forceably and without our concent, if reunification is agreeable to all then it can and will work. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3284 - 24/10/2025 11:01:54 2641358 Link
Just take a look at all island sports. Ireland is a world leader in GAA, Rugby, Golf, horse racing. All are all island sports. We are not too good at football which is split in two. The larger internal Irish market will add value. That said, I would be careful. Ireland has always been divided. Long before the 6 counties was the Pale, and before that the Viking ports. South County Wexford was the original pale. If we are ever united we can expect probably to have some American/French/Nato bases on the island. A bit like the old Viking ports of the 9th centuries. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2675 - 24/10/2025 12:14:22 2641370 Link