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The poor economic performance of the south is big put off for unification. In say 20 years time when the South's economy is stable they will still see that the Celtic Tiger fell flat on its bum. Short term booms cannot be hidden. The south thought the Celtic Tiger was a permanent thing. We now know better.
Also, the south is still intolerant of non-Catholics. Their track record is poor. The Catholic church still has far too much influence in southern society, which is unacceptable to the northern protestants. Unification will not be in our lifetimes.
a poster from north Antrim told me the other day, that Seinn Feinn is gaining more power than Unionists Parties and also the Catholic population is ever increasing now.
Protestants make up at best just 50% of the population.
If that continues, then what does it mean for the Protestants in Ulster and for Unification?
How different are the accents in Northern Ireland from the republic of Ireland?
ireland has a remarkably wide range of accents for such a small country , i sound nothing like someone from northern ireland or even dublin for that matter
to answer your question , anyone with a remotely keen ear for accents can spot the difference between a northern ireland accent and someone from south of the border
northern ireland is a very small region of the uk and the least british region of the uk if you consider that only slightly more than half the population of the province consider themselves british
even you ignore that point , its a very small part of europe which most people in the world will know little about bar the bullet points they heard mentioned on the news back during the troubles , baschically its not on most peoples radar
ireland has a remarkably wide range of accents for such a small country , i sound nothing like someone from northern ireland or even dublin for that matter
to answer your question , anyone with a remotely keen ear for accents can spot the difference between a northern ireland accent and someone from south of the border
The Americans think we have that leprechaun accent up in NI..
Erm it actually does exist, thats the way all southern accents sounds like to me. The NI accent couldn't be further apart from ROI accent, its more like an ayr accent tbh.
NI accents sound distinct from the ROI definitely.
NI sounds a mix of Scottish and Irish.
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