The Taoiseach has rejected calls for a Citizen’s Assembly on Irish Unity, saying that opinion polls will never unite the country.
Micheál Martin was responding to a poll published in the Irish Times, which analysed voters’ views around a united Ireland.
It found almost half of Irish voters wouldn’t support a united Ireland if changes were made to the flag or national anthem – but 66 percent supported the idea of unity in the Republic overall.
Micheál Martin thinks continuing the “shared island approach” is the way forward, not considering a unity poll:
