Indeed life can happen fast. 55% of Irish exports went to the UK at UK/IE accession in 1973. Today that same number is 13% (Belgium also gets 13%). Also, support for membership has always been strong in Ireland, whatever treaty proposals were on the table.
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Als antwoord op @AaronGBurnett @JonMarcStanley
The EU is a uniting force in Ireland, not a dividing one as in Britain. And why Jonathan would Ireland want to leave the EU, just so it could be part of the UK again. We left for a reason in 1949.
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Als antwoord op @bearaboi
You left in 1937 in a referendum that was near 50/50. The PM simply declared a republic while on tour in 1949.
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Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley
57% Yes vs. 43% No is hardly 50/50. Also, what was the Brexit ref result again? And I don't know what you mean by the last line, but after Ireland declared the 1949 Republic of Ireland Act in April, the UK recognised that with its own act in June.
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Als antwoord op @bearaboi
My point is it was close, was the 2016 vote. The UK recognised it as being consistent with Statute of Westminster, which the AngloIrish treaty in effect preceeded.
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Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley
But the will of the people Jonathan...
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Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley
And as opinion polls have consistently shown, Ireland will not be leaving the EU to rejoin or become reliant on the UK economically again.
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Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley
We didn't leave during the recession when things economically were bad. Or in the 1980s when things were also bad. Or in the 1970s when things were also bad too.
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Odd Ireland never even tried Article 349 which would have solved all of these problems.
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