The Irish government and EU institutions need to engage in the conversation around Irish unity on a formal level.
That's according to Sinn Féin MEP for the Midlands Northwest, Chris MacManus.
The local MEP says it's clear for all to see that we are living in the end days of partition. We just need a government willing to plan and prepare for this transition.
He said people across the island are having discussions and debates on Irish Unity, both in public and private forums."
The Sinn Féin MEP says the Irish government needs to establish an all-Ireland Citizens Assembly on Unity where people from all communities and backgrounds, those born in Ireland and those who have made their home here, can come together and discuss the future of our island.
In an address entitled "100 Years On" to commemorate the deaths of Seamus Cull and Patrick Tymon at the Arigna Remembers Commemorative Weekend, MacManus said: "It is clear for all to see that we are living in the end days of partition. We just need a government willing to plan and prepare for this transition. People across the island are having discussions and debates on Irish Unity, both in public and private forums." MacManus went onto say that Sinn Féin were prepared deliver a government of
change. 'Fianna Fail and Fine Gael can no longer play pass the parcel with the keys to Government buildings. We in Sinn Féin are determined to deliver a government of change. A government that puts workers and families first. The last hundred years were dominated by partition and conservatism. Let us strive to make the next hundred years about unity and progress."
