Article: Vote would yield Irish Republic's absolute claim to Northern Ireland

The Associated Press
AP Online
05-22-1998
Voters in the Republic of Ireland will decide Friday on amendments to two articles of the Irish constitution.

Now, the articles claim Northern Ireland as part of the republic's territory. Amended, they would emphasize the right of Irish people to feel part of ``the Irish nation'' _ but unity would come only if a majority of Northern Ireland's residents want it.

___ ARTICLE 2

CURRENT WORDING: The national territory consists of the whole island of Ireland, its islands and the territorial seas.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT: It is the entitlement and birthright of every person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be ...

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