39. We can't wait until after a #unity referendum to make it clear what this will look like on the other side, says @columeastwood. Warns of a "corrupt, corrosive" British gov in place, capable of calling a referendum at any point to shore up the union - be prepared for that
40. @DeclanKearneySF says it's important for people from Protestant and #unionist backgrounds to feel they can shape and own and participate in the debate which will lead to a modernised Ireland
41. I don't want the North to be subsumed into the Republic or vice versa, says @aoifegracemoore . London could decide tomorrow and Dublin could be caught short. Let's all get off the fence and do the work.
38. Funding bodies need to do the research so we can be prepared for what follows. We need more academics to be involved in the #unity discussion, says @cjhumanrights
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1. We need expand the definition of Irishness - one million people living on this island were not born here but call it home, says @IRLPatricia in a discussion chaired in #Derry today by @SusanMcKay15@IrelandsFuture
2. We need to have an approach to dialogue which allows every voice to be heard. But those who say it's divisive to have the #unity debate need to be gently but firmly reminded that closing down this debate is attempt silence legitimate political aspirations, says @IRLPatricia
@IRLPatricia 3. Many people are engaging in this constitutional conversation because they take the possibility of a "new Ireland" very seriously indeed - it has transformative potential says @cjhumanrights
1. Timely that we're having the #unity conversation now because we're going through the biggest constitutional change in a generation, said @moneillsf@IrelandsFuture
2. We're in a period of massive change, we have a chance to grab it and make something better said @moneillsf @irlelandsfuture
@moneillsf 3. We have to be mature and respectful enough to have the conversation about change, said @moneillsf. After a century of division there is nothing for nationalists to celebrate. But I accept those of unionist identity come at this from very different viewpoint @IrelandsFuture
1. British government has sole say in timing of #borderpoll and is not bound to make decision in good faith says @JohnDoyleDCU. It can choose to do so at a time when it thinks it will kill off the debate. So Ireland needs to be ready he warns @IrelandsFuture#jointheconversation
2. Waiting for #unionist politicians to be ready before having the #unity discussion is not only pointless but disrespects their position says @JohnDoyleDCU Discussion needs to proceed now, he says. Unionists will join the debate later @IrelandsFuture#jointheconversation