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Ireland border poll 'waste of money' says DUP | Ireland border poll 'waste of money' says DUP |
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The DUP have said that a referendum on a united Ireland would be a "waste of money". | The DUP have said that a referendum on a united Ireland would be a "waste of money". |
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams this week repeated calls for a border poll. | Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams this week repeated calls for a border poll. |
But the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson told the Sunday Politics show unionists were "confident of their position" within the UK and would have "nothing to fear" from a border poll. | But the DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson told the Sunday Politics show unionists were "confident of their position" within the UK and would have "nothing to fear" from a border poll. |
"We've settled the political situation here and don't need a poll to tell us what is blindingly obvious," he said. | "We've settled the political situation here and don't need a poll to tell us what is blindingly obvious," he said. |
"People in the south don't want a united Ireland people in Northern Ireland don't want a united Ireland why would we waste taxpayers money on asking something we already know the answer to?" | |
Speaking on the same programme, Sinn Fein's national chairman Declan Kearney, echoed the call for a poll. | Speaking on the same programme, Sinn Fein's national chairman Declan Kearney, echoed the call for a poll. |
"We need to see an end to the status quo that currently validates and perpetuates sectarianism and segregation within our society," he said. | "We need to see an end to the status quo that currently validates and perpetuates sectarianism and segregation within our society," he said. |
"We could do so much better if our parties worked harder at putting forward a common vision." | "We could do so much better if our parties worked harder at putting forward a common vision." |
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