Ireland's Future
Todhchaí na hÉireann | |
| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
Key people | Frances Black (Chairperson), Niall Murphy (Secretary), Gerry Carlile (CEO) |
| Website | www |
Ireland's Future are a Dublin company limited by Guarantee or non-profit [1] formed in 2017 for the purpose of campaigning for new constitutional arrangements on the island of Ireland.
As part of their campaigning they wrote a series of letters to the Irish government signed by well recognized people across Irish society calling for a dialogue on the constitutional future of the island of Ireland. These were released on the following dates:
- Open Letter to An Taoiseach 1st Nov 2019[2][3]
- Open Letter to An Taoiseach 2nd Nov 2018[4]
- Open Letter to An Taoiseach from Southern Citizens 2nd Feb 2018[5]
- Open Letter to An Taoiseach 8th Dec 2017[6]
The signatories of these letters included David McWilliams, Fintan O'Toole, James McClean, Adrian Dunbar, Michael Conlon, Christy Moore and Mary Black.
In January 2019 Ireland's Future also staged an event attended by 1,500 people in Belfast which was widely covered in the media and was entitled 'Beyond Brexit'. This examined the future of Northern Ireland and the Republic after the UK leaves the EU and was attended by the Irish Government as well as leading political members of the Northern Irish assembly. [7] [8] [9]
On the 6th of November 2020 they also urged the Irish Taoiseach to plan and prepare for Irish unity as they believe that Brexit has brought the prospect of Irish unity sharply into focus in current years. [10]
On December 9th 2020 Ireland's Future held an online webcast with congressman Richard Neal who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee which has jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs and trade deals in the US. This was to discuss his Irish roots and his wanting to see Irish unity in his lifetime. [11]
On January 13th 2021 Senator Frances Black who is chairperson of Ireland's Future put the case forward for unification on Irish national broadcaster named Newstalk where she states that the Irish government should start the debate and begin to put in plans for a border poll. [12]
Professor Colin Harvey of Ireland’s Future also received a reply from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis to a request asking him to outline who he would consult, what plans he would make and what role the Irish Government would have in a future Border poll.[13] The letter stated that the secretary of state must “have regard to reasonable factors and make a judgement based on objective, reliable and emperical evidence”.
As a consequence of Frances Black appearance on Newstalk on January 14th 2021 author Newton Emerson from a pro Union background wrote a detailed piece in the Irish Times on Ireland's Future giving the opinion that Sinn Fein outsourced much of its messaging to Ireland's Future. Given Ireland's Future has no political affiliation and is made up of civic society this was highly disputed by them. [14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Companies House Record". Solocheck. Retrieved 11 Nov 2020.
- ↑ "A new Ireland? 1,000 leading people call on Varadkar to lead change". Irish Times.
- ↑ "Brexit: More than 1,000 people call for 'changing Ireland' forum". BBC.
- ↑ "Brexit: Prominent figures explain why they signed letter to Leo Varadkar". Irish News.
- ↑ "Open Letter to An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar from Southern Citizens". Ireland's Future.
- ↑ "Prominent figures from Northern Ireland write open letter to the Taoiseach". The Journal.
- ↑ "Beyond Brexit conference: Hard border will lead to demands for unity poll, says McDonald". Belfast Telegraph.
- ↑ "Beyond Brexit Waterfront conference to focus on rights and the future". Slugger O'Toole.
- ↑ "Niall Murphy: Beyond Brexit - The Future of Ireland". Irish News.
- ↑ "Ireland's Future urges taoiseach to prepare for unity". Irish News.
- ↑ "US congressman Richie Neal 'hopeful' of united Ireland in his lifetime". Irish News.
- ↑ "Ireland's Future & Ireland's Reunification". Newstalk.
- ↑ "British government declines to set out criteria for a Border poll". Irish Times.
- ↑ "No Ireland's Future without Northern Ireland's future". Irish Times.
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