The Catholic population in Northern Ireland increased year after year following partition. Alright, voting opportunities were hindered but a better quality of life was available in the North.

If demographic trends continue the way they are going there will be a Catholic majority in the north within a few years but that doesn't necessarily mean that there will be a majority in favour of a united Irish republic. I can't see the Dublin government even wanting control of the North. Would they be able to deal with 1 million armed and angry protestants?

Or flying a multi million pound jet and firing a laser guided weapon onto a house that might have ten enemy in or their family or any other civilian who will be collateral damage..

Let's leave it ther if you want as you seem to think warfare is all guns and bayonets.

What a pity we didn't have drones over Norn Iron back in the day.

You could have shed fake plastic paddy tears over your murdering, torturing, intimidating terrorist heroes a few decades earlier.

Here comes ukip

Still struggling to handle the fact that the empire is gone.

What are you whittering about plastic paddy?

Never mind, probably not worth paying any attention to.