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'The Potential of an All-Island Economy'

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    #32
    DoireNod
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭DoireNod


    meathstevie wrote: »
    About the port in Derry. What has ever stopped the governmeny to build a port in Greencastle or Redcastle or Quigley's Point if the location was that important ? Derry being Derry still doesn't make it much more than a regional city on a wider scale of things.
    I don't know, you'll have to ask the government. I'd say that it would have cost a fair bit and it was probably a better option financially to develop existing ports rather than build a whole new one away up in Donegal.
    Ok the shirtfactories and all were big in their day but their day is well over and gone and so's the textile industry in the whole of Europe.
    The point is, that had there been a 32 county republic, then the Republic would have had the benefits of the infrastructure already there (6 counties) and the economy of the country itself may have been better.


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    #33
    IIMII
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭IIMII


    Well, if the six county situation hadn't arisen, maybe we wouldn't have had the distraction of a foreign military force on the island, and all the unwanted international publicity that that brought about as a consequence


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    #34
    Sand
    Registered Users Posts: 12,588 ✭✭✭✭Sand


    Didnt take long for it to move from an all-island economy to 32 county republic did it?

    Look - with EU free trade we dont need a 32 county republic. Probably half the reason Provos are so hostile to the EU. They cant see beyond the trees.


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    #35
    DoireNod
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭DoireNod


    Sand wrote: »
    Didnt take long for it to move from an all-island economy to 32 county republic did it?
    That came out of discussion that had there been a 32 county republic there would have been an all-island economy from the beginning and that perhaps it would have been good news for the new republic.


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    #36
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Lets join Norn iron
    Dole queues in Northern Ireland have grown by 24,000 in the past year, according to new figures.

    The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland is now 6.7%, or 51,000, up from 4.25% a year ago.
    However, the percentage of people who are out of work is half the figure in the Republic where unemployment stands at nearly 12%.

    In Britain, unemployment hit its highest rate since 1996 in the three months to June, according to figures published today.

    The Office for National Statistics said the jobless rate rose to 7.8% in April-June, above forecasts for a rise to 7.7% and the highest since October-December 1996.

    Its hard to be sacked if you are paid for twiddling your thumbs in a Westminster funded public sector office.


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    djpbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    Can'tseeme wrote: »
    ei.sdraob wrote: »
    both parts of the island use different currencies...
    I know, that's part of the problem. But it's something that will have to worked towards over time.
    Which would involve the UK joining the Euro (not likely to happen any time soon) as part of the wider goal of European integration, compared to which, all-Ireland unity is of marginal importance.


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