BLOW TO IRELAND UNIFICATION?

Poll also fiSinn Fein called for preparations for a vote to be stepped up after a census showed Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time in the country’s history in September.Tensions over Brexit, which most Northern Irish voters opposed in the 2016 referendum, and the Protocol, as well as high-profile unity events on both sides of the border, have given added impetus to the debate over reunification. More than three quarters of Irish voters want a border poll within five years, while 55 per cent of those polled in Northern Ireland back one within a decade.  Of those who don’t identify as Unionist or Nationalist in Northern Ireland, more than half (51 per cent) were in favour of a vote. British law dictates that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland should order a vote if it “appears likely” a majority of voters want a united Ireland but is unclear on how that should be decided. The Irish Government must also agree to hold a vote. The Irish Times surveyed more than 1,000 voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic in August and September. Half of the Northern Irish voters said they would vote to remain part of the UK. That included 21 per cent of voters from a Catholic background, who traditionally favour reunification. Twenty-six per cent said they would vote for reunification, while 19 per cent were undecided. Even if every one of the undecided voters were to plump for Irish unity, the pro-Union vote would still carry the dayds voters in Republic of Ireland would support unification by majority of four to one   



This is obviously a bloe to them that what to see a united Ireland .

Even with the Catholic population being the largest population in Northern Ireland they still want to remain in  the United Kingdom.