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Border poll not even on the horizon in Northern Ireland, says Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer has said the prospect of a referendum on Irish unification is “absolutely hypothetical” and “not even on the horizon”. The Labour leader, who could be the UK’s next prime minister, strongly rejected the idea of a border poll when ...

05 Oct 2023 at 21:13

National News

Stormont leaders should focus on ‘day-to-day’ concerns not border poll – Sunak

Stormont leaders should focus on the “day-to-day” concerns of people in Northern Ireland rather than the prospect of a ballot on reunification, the Prime Minister has suggested. Rishi Sunak said “constitutional change” was not a priority after ...

05 Feb 2024 at 12:49

Northern Ireland

Secretary of State accused of ‘burying head in sand’ over Irish border poll

Secretary of State Hilary Benn has been accused of “burying his head in the sand” over an Irish border poll. Sinn Fein MP Daire Hughes was responding after Mr Benn said a poll for a united Ireland is a “long way off”. Speaking on the Stormont ...

05 Dec 2025 at 16:51

National News

UUP leader warns against unionists supporting right-wing parties

Unionists should be wary of what supporting right-wing parties could do for Northern Ireland’s place in the UK, UUP leader Mike Nesbitt has said. He told party members that English nationalism was now a greater threat to Northern Ireland’s ...

11 Oct 2025 at 16:11

National News

Trimble told by Blair to ‘get lost’ over timing of border poll, records show

Former UUP leader David Trimble was effectively told by Tony Blair to “get lost” over the timing of a border poll, according to previously confidential reports. Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the UK government is ...

29 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Irish senators to gather views from all traditions on island of Ireland’s future

Ireland’s upper house of parliament is asking for people from all traditions to submit their views and ideas about the island’s constitutional future. Although all submissions are welcomed by the committee, the views of young people ...

25 Jul 2022 at 13:54

Northern Ireland

Border poll ‘not appropriate or right at this time’ – Varadkar

An Irish border poll would “not be appropriate or right” at this time, Ireland’s deputy premier has said. However, Leo Varadkar has called for the tests around when Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis should call a referendum ...

03 Jul 2022 at 18:21

National News

Shadow NI secretary ‘would call border poll if circumstances right’

The shadow Northern Ireland secretary has said he would call a border poll if the circumstances were right. Labour MP Peter Kyle said he “would not be a barrier if the circumstances emerge”. The Northern Ireland Secretary has the ...

25 Sept 2022 at 12:20

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