Irish Northern Aid
Case for a United Ireland
The Case For a United Ireland

Those who desire peace with justice in Ireland for all of its people need to work actively for a democratic, independent and united Ireland. Not because we are patriotic or desire Irish national sovereignty to fulfill an historic dream. Rather, the objective of Irish Unity is based on the principle of self-determination, social and economic justice and political and cultural equality.

That the small island of Ireland has two sovereign governments, one a foreign government with its own interests and problems, with different currencies, different policies and bureaucracies for justice, education, agriculture, commerce, culture, health, and scores of other day-to-day issues is essentially unworkable.

Few would argue that a United Ireland of equals would be more prosperous than the present divided 26 and 6 county entities.

Obviously, Britain has proven itself incapable of fairly governing any part of Ireland, but that is not surprising. The most recent survey confirms that only 26% of the British people support the union with the north of Ireland. Some hate us, most are uninterested. It has been a disaster for both parts of partitioned Ireland. It did not work out for the British people either and the problem is still with us.

Democracy has been denied as a matter of course. Ireland was a distinct nation for over 1,500 years. It never gave up its right to independence despite horrific treatment from the British to suppress their right to independence -- from invasion, to plantation, to war, to transportation – the Irish people endured. Partition was finally imposed under threat of “terrible war” despite the fact that the in last all Ireland elections in 1918 and 1920, the people voted overwhelmingly for national sovereignty

Ireland is a sovereign entity in international law and in the long and short view of history. The geographic island and its people are undeniably and without confusion recognized as Irish, regardless of tradition. Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams are both Irish men. The average British citizen would hardly disagree.

International Law and Covenants favor national sovereignty for territories which are geographically separate and are distinct ethnically and/or culturally from the country “administering” it.

The Liberation of Ireland can be achieved through democratic means and the Republican Movement has a Detailed Strategy to do so. Consensus building toward that end, needs to be prepared for NOW -- in Ireland and throughout the world.

An Ireland of Equals, governed for the people by the people, is the best guarantor of justice and civil prosperity.