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A more rational response would be to improve the north s performance through an all-Ireland economic framework. This scenario was modelled by the eminent Professor Kurt Huebner. He showed that the growth unleashed by reunification would very quickly eliminate the fiscal deficit, creating substantial net gains for both parts of the island and particularly for the north.
The discussion has taken a further turn following the British Government s decision to leave the EU, the largest market in the world. The DUP used its leverage with Theresa May s government to resist a soft Brexit which would have avoided hard borders right across the islands. Given the unacceptability of a border on the island of Ireland, the only alternative was a border in the Irish Sea.
There is a phrase that has cropped up recently in the context of the ongoing controversy about the Northern Ireland Protocol and it is “the all-island economy”.
Supporters of the Protocol talk about the importance of protecting the “all-island economy”, but what is this “all-island economy” and where did this concept come from?
It’s been floating around for some years, mostly just under the surface, but the usage of it increased in 2019 during the Brexit negotiations.
When Boris Johnson visited Leo Varadkar in Dublin in September 2019 they held a Press conference and Varadkar was determined that there had to be a Northern Ireland “backstop”, because “we must protect the burgeoning all-island economy”.