The British Prime Minister caused anger among nationalists when he said a border poll is off the table.
The British Foreign Secretary has refused to be drawn on the idea of a border poll for Northern Ireland.While the Foreign Affairs Minister here says one will be held in the future.
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham caused anger among nationalists when he said a border poll is off the table.
His Foreign Secretary Ed Milliband refused to comment publicly on the issue as he arrived for an EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Wicklow earlier.
Under the Good Friday Agreement, it's in the gift of the Northern Ireland Secretary to call a border poll when there's a feeling unification may be approved by both nationalist and unionist communities.
Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee says work needs to be done to lay the groundwork for that day, but says that there will be a border poll on a United Ireland.
The issue is likely to remain a fraught one between the two Governments, with the expectation of a meeting between the Taoiseach and the Prime Minister in the coming weeks

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