John Walsh

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Brendan O'Connor · “There is always violence bubbling under” · 25 Jul 2026 podcast

I mean, in the South, the concept of a united Ireland, as Alan mentioned earlier, is all these very romantic connotations.

And it's, you know, for people, for some people, it would be righting a historical wrong.

And they would vote along those lines.

In the North, it would be obviously, depending on what part, what community you're in, it would mean very different things.

But the practicalities of it, what would unification mean?

And I mean, I think this is another very, I mean, just as much as, you know, planning has to happen on this island and both parts of it.

What's going to be extremely important as well is the backdrop in the UK.

Now, you need an honest broker in London.

The Good Friday Agreement would not have happened without that relationship between Dublin, London and Washington, that extremely good constructive relationship.

Andy Burnham, you know, would certainly fit the bill in terms of he is a Tony Blair type Labour politician.

He does come across as being a non-stroker.

But 2029, if, for example, Andy Burnham doesn't succeed in the next few years in turning around public opinion,

You could very well have a government after 2029 made up of the Conservatives and the Reform Party.

Now, that would do two things.

It would turbocharge the dissolution of the United Kingdom.

But it would do so, I think, in a very chaotic manner, because I don't think you would have a government that would have the best intentions of anybody else ever.

I mean, don't forget a few weeks ago, the Central Bank presented a paper to the Minister for Finance which showed that without the effect of the buoyant corporate taxes, Ireland would be facing a deficit of 26 billion by 2030.

Now, that's an extremely sobering figure.

So economics, or as John Fitzgerald says in the film, that it shouldn't rule the roost, but it is going to be a very important factor in it.

People in the South, if you look at successive opinion polls, when they're asked, would they vote for a united Ireland, they'd say yes.

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