[Magdalen] EU referendum: Latest results - BBC News

[Roger Stokes]

On 25/06/2016 15:45, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/25/2016 10:41:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com writes:
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> I  noticed some Irish colloquiallisms in Sally's  list.>>>>>>>
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> Roger -
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> Is there any possibility that Northern Ireland would vote to leave the  UK
> and join (?) Eire in the south?

It is possible.  The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Martin 
McGuinness of Sinn Fein, has said there ought to be a refendum on the 
subject.  The Irish both sides of the border have now got used to free 
movement across it and it would cut down on the smuggling that would 
otherwise reappear.  The political sitiation has changed radically over 
past decades and the population has become more balanced between 
Protestants and Catholics.  The Churches (at a national level) would 
almost certainly welcome it since they are organized on an island-wide 
basis with both Anglican and RC Primates being in Armagh - each with 
dioceses that straddle the border.  Having a common currency and set of 
laws would make their administration simpler.

Roger