In the event of united Ireland could DUP attract a significant vote in the Republic / 26 Counties ?

The question may need to be changed to "could DUP attract a significant vote anywhere" after the huge hit to popularity that Donaldson has delivered.

With some extremely tactical voting / withdrawals from races, the TUV not withdrawing anywhere and the votes falling exactly the right way; the DUP could be down to as little as 3 Westminster seats in six weeks. They currently have 7, plus Donaldson's Lagan Valley was elected as DUP.

Lagan Valley and Belfast East are probably both gone to Alliance. South Antrim has a strong chance of falling to the UUP.

East Londonderry and Upper Bann may be in play; DUP got ~41% in each last time.

Really just leaves Strangford, East Antrim and North Antrim as solid.

If Alliance retain their existing seat, take Lagan Valley and Belfast East and also take Belfast South off the SDLP; they'd be the second biggest party in terms of Westminster seats. DUP got more than a bit hurt when SF became the biggest ahead of them; being third would be a severe hit to their morale. As would losing their leaders seat in Belfast East.

"on the news" - well that will surely help narrow it down.

People have no idea what a united Ireland really means,

Agreed.

Our Education system would require an overhaul. The Irish language cannot be forced the way it has ( I think it would actually improve its usage)

Public sector would need to be dragged kicking and screaming through changes, they wouldn't miss a chance to demand more pay over it.

Flag - the tricolour is pretty pathetic in my opinion - The white indicating the 'peace' between the two communities…..

National anthem - obviously would have to go; anyone attempting to ram it down Unionist throats and telling them to deal with it learned nothing from the Troubles.

Delightful - she can stay up there with her fear mongering and her tied up swings on Sundays

“Yet here we are with this proposal, when the bulk of the people in this area do not share an affinity with Irish culture or Irish language,” she continued.“It’s not in keeping with the area and I don’t think there is any need for it, especially when that land is zoned for employment.”Ms Bunting added that the act of putting forward plans to establish an Irish language school within a loyalist area follows a “pattern of behaviour” she has witnessed in other areas of Belfast, claiming it could be seen as provocative.“Some might suggest that this is a provoking gesture, as need in neither place has been demonstrated.”

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/dup-politician-told-to-catch-herself-on-after-objecting-to-irish-language-school/a1131782082.html

Point of order- we might “hear”, but we certainly won’t be fcking listening 🤪

I think in the event of a United Ireland the DUP would merge with FG. They would then be seen as a party that would try to align more closely with the UK than with the EU

FG are socially liberal

Joke of the week alert. They're already fairly close policy-wise and now seem fairly friendly with each other

https://www.independent.ie/news/fine-gael-audience-applauds-as-dups-donaldson-says-ireland-should-join-the-commonwealth/37944279.html

As an a-side I think joining the commonwealth would be on the cards in a United Ireland situation to bring the Unionists with us

Its likely to be part of a package of sops to try and quell loyalist violence after a border poll that passes; rather than an attempt to win them over in advance.

Water charges

On social issues DUP is probably a lot closer to Aontu than it is to any mainstream party in the Republic.