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mitch96

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5. Northern Ireland is a place of poverty

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 30, 2019, 05:21 AM

Sep 2019

Really, I did not know that. I thought the Celtic tiger hit all of Ireland and the whole island was doing well. Doesn’t Belfast have a large ship building business?. I was up Donegal way and I must admit the northern part of the island is drop dead beautiful... Do they get much tourism?
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'Nobody wants us anyway': fears of the forgotten on the Northern Irish border [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2019 OP

Maybe, just maybe Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #1

It is a possibiity Soph0571 Sep 2019 #2

"And Ireland won't take us without a huge financial settlement from the UK." mitch96 Sep 2019 #3

The UK would have to give the Republic of Ireland a financial settlement Soph0571 Sep 2019 #4

Northern Ireland is a place of poverty mitch96 Sep 2019 #5

The Celtic Tiger is very much in the Republic Soph0571 Sep 2019 #6