Shared Island Initiative, Day 3 - Half of North say ‘not unionist nor nationalist’
Unionist commentator Sarah Creighton: “I’m optimistic about the (Shared Island) unit..it’s about a shared island, not a united Ireland. Photo: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.
Tue, 29 Dec, 2020 - 17:54
Aoife Moore
On day three of our special report on the Shared Island initiative, Political Correspondent Aoife Moore finds that an increasing number of people in Northern Ireland may carry less emotional baggage when it comes to deciding on the future of the island of Ireland, while unionists reveal their hopes and fears for the North after the formation of the Government s Shared Island Unit.
Use of Seamus Heaney image in NI centenary branding an attempt to be inclusive says UUP MLA The image used for the Our Story in the Making: NI Beyond 100 comes from Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen s University Belfast, who hold rights to the portrait
Ulster Unionist MLA Doug Beattie. Picture by Mal McCann
AN Ulster Unionist MLA last night described the use of an image of poet Seamus Heaney in the branding for a £3 million plan to commemorate Northern Ireland s centenary is an attempt to be inclusive despite criticism from nationalists.
Doug Beattie said he believed the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is seeking to involve those not from a Unionist background by choosing to include the portrait of the late Co Derry-born Nobel laureate.