Not sure what's morally bankrupt about the Greens' position on the north. Unification of Ireland would have come faster if it hadn't been such a colossal and corrosive obsession.

Re-unification of Germany was not the result of any campaign to that end. Sinn Fein might look to countries like Hungary, who would have much more to complain about than Ireland if they wanted to waste their time and lives trying to undraw changed boundaries.

It was you, guest, who debunked history. So just settle for the republic as it is now. And roll on the day when Ireland and the UK countries are merely regions of Europe. What the hell does it matter which country owns which territory? What's critical is not who governs, but how.