Back before Christmas I see Sleepy Rosie said "If the day comes where democratically the majority in Ulster desire to re-unite with the South, there will no-doubt still be ruptions. But I suspect it will eventually come and hopefully with time..."

That day is probably already here and has been for years - but of course Northern Ireland is only part of Ulster, and Ulster as such doesn't have a say in this.

In time I am sure that the two parts of Ireland will be linked in some kind of federal or confederal arrangement, within the European Union, alongside the rest of the British Isles. Whether there'll still be any kind of United Kingdom in another generation or so is another matter. But I hope that the days of fighting about these kind of things is over and done with.