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Irish Americans poll: Peaceful Irish unity, trade and investment are most important political issues

joe@dubware.com (Joe Gilhawley) — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:01:40 GMT

Irish Americans say that support for peaceful Irish unification is the most important political issue for them, followed closely by two-way trade and investment between Ireland and the USA. The data comes from a new poll of 736 Irish Americans carried out for Glucksman Ireland House at New York University and Council for Irish American Relations.

Read the analysis by RTÉ’s Seán Whelan here and by Ted Smyth and Brian O’Dwyer here .

ESRI think tank: South’s productivity is 40 percent higher than North’s

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:35:37 GMT

The Economic and Social Research Institute think tank says in a new report that productivity levels in the two parts of the island were similar in 2000 but in the past 20 years they have diverged, with the South’s increasing due to ‘export intensity’ and the North’s ‘trending downwards’.

Schumer backs Irish unity, warns UK on trade

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:35:37 GMT

The most powerful politician in the US Senate has backed Irish unity, supports greater immigration from Ireland to the United States, and warned new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that there will be no trade deals with the United States “if there is any backsliding” on the Good Friday Agreement, the Irish Times reports.