QUERY RECEIVED:

“WHAT WERE THE MAIN IMPACTS OF UNIFICATION?”

RESPONSE:

Economic conditions for people in Northern Ireland improved rapidly following unification. Rejoining the European Union improved trade conditions, and the transition to Irish labour laws from British resulted in improved standards of living. Increased autonomy enabled a shift away from the austerity policies of the British government towards more accessible and equitably delivered public services and more stable economic planning. Greater legal consistency increased economic and administrative efficiency in Northern Ireland and throughout the republic.

Alignment with the European Union through the Third World War and with the European Hegemony in later decades is generally believed to have improved security for the Irish people although. The success of the Irish reunification is also believed to have furthered support for, and hastened, Scottish independence from Britain.