North and South

Strength of hostility depends on how Commonwealth is described in polling question, suggesting views in the South could be open to change

Donald Clarke: Reunification will come, but Romulan annexation may come first

The South is not ready to welcome the North into a costly and pluralist new state. But nothing is set in stone

Irish Times research shows voters from Protestant background in North unlikely to identify as European

Irish Times/ARINS surveys asked respondents North and South to consider reform of the presidency to create more inclusivity in a united Ireland

Survey finds two-thirds of Protestants feel ‘not at all’ European, unlike many southerners

Southerners are divided on potential changes to the Irish flag or national anthem, while northerners are twice as likely to agree as disagree to changes

To provide information on the state of public opinion in both jurisdictions on the constitutional future of the island

A majority in the South will at least consider changes to the Constitution to accommodate unification but are divided on changes to the anthem and flag

A fifth of people in the South would opt to keep the Irish Constitution unchanged, compared with just one in 10 in the North

Voters in the Republic are divided on the question of a referendum on changes to the national flag and the national anthem

A quarter of Southerners think Irish unification would benefit the North more than the South, while only one in 10 think the South would benefit more than the North

Slim majority of people in the Republic believe Irish unification would be costly in the short term but beneficial in the long term

The view of the consequences of unity in the Republic is broadly more positive than in the North, a finding in tune with the broad support for the Irish unity seen in the polls in recent days

A similar proportion would vote for Irish unity if it increased their earnings

Sovereignty may trump economics for some but for others the financial effects of unity would be decisive

Survey finds a plurality of voters North and South favour the idea, with greater support in the North

ARINS/Irish Times surveys asked voters to assess how their vote would be influenced by positive or negative impact on their personal finances

Surveys examine state of public opinion in the Republic and Northern Ireland

Some 64% of voters in the South would vote for a united Ireland if a referendum were held now, with just 16% opposed to unification

United Ireland growing in importance in South and among Northern Catholics

The Irish Times/ARINS surveys shows that the answers to the constitutional question that may face both jurisdictions on this island have not changed since last year

Public opinion in North and South has remained largely stable on the idea of unification

Irish Times/ARINS poll: No prospect of a Border poll yet, but some shifts are under way

Proportion of people in Northern Ireland who say they would find a vote for unity ‘almost impossible to accept’ has declined since last year

Despite obvious contributory factors, scale of difference in working from home still came as surprise to authors

Focus group conversations about Irish unity conducted by ARINS and the Irish Times reveal information gaps on both sides of the border, but also a willingness to change minds

€1bn ‘slush fund’ has overcome initial suspicions from unionism – but republicans think it falls short when it comes to aspirations for a united Ireland

Why would pragmatic middle-ground voters want to change a successful Northern Ireland? Ironically, the party that is currently undermining that prospect most is the DUP

Decades of misconceptions kept their numbers down, but since the pandemic began, Irish tourists have helped to breathe life back into the North’s city centres, towns and villages

There was no new state; the West subsumed the East. Is this what we want for Ireland?

Quantitative survey was conducted among more than 1,000 voters in each of the jurisdictions

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

If politics is downstream of culture, then culture is where we need to look

Moving back and forth between Derry and Donegal is the most natural thing in the world in that little corner of Ireland where we try to ignore the Border

Fintan O’Toole: If a Border poll is going to happen, it will be crucial the proposition is not just a slogan

People on either side of the Border are on different pages when it comes to the compromises a united Ireland ultimately requires

Research finds some differences on social issues, such as abortion

The big division across the two jurisdictions remains that of national identification

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