Presenter Chris Buckler along with former MP’s Ian Paisley and Michelle Gildernew explore issues around the constitutional future of Northern Ireland. In Episode 4 - The Price of Unity – Chris takes his co-hosts to Co. Offaly to hear the views of people living there on a potential Border Poll. We also hear from former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. They speak to Economists and business experts on the economic reality of any future United Ireland.

Presenter Chris Buckler along with former MP’s Ian Paisley and Michelle Gildernew explore issues around the constitutional future of Northern Ireland. In Episode 4 - The Price of Unity – Chris takes his co-hosts to Co. Offaly to hear the views of people living there on a potential Border Poll. We also hear from former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. They speak to Economists and business experts on the economic reality of any future United Ireland.

Episode 4 : The Price of Unity

Borderland – UK or United Ireland ?’ podcast will ask key questions about the shape and timing of any potential referendum on Irish unity and what all of this could mean for politics and society – both locally and across these islands.The BBC’s Chris Buckler is the podcast’s lead presenter and the series will be co-hosted by two high-profile former politicians, Ian Paisley and Michelle Gildernew who will act as advocates for different views of the future and help facilitate discussion about them.The podcast will include multiple views and voices, including those with no settled view on what Northern Ireland’s constitutional future should be. The series will explore and discuss the practicalities of any referendum and why it’s worth hearing and talking about.

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Borderland – UK or United Ireland ?’ podcast will ask key questions about the shape and timing of any potential referendum on Irish unity and what all of this could mean for politics and society – both locally and across these islands. The BBC’s Chris Buckler is the podcast’s lead presenter and the series will be co-hosted by two high-profile former politicians, Ian Paisley and Michelle Gildernew who will act as advocates for different views of the future and help facilitate discussion about them. The podcast will include multiple views and voices, including those with no settled view on what Northern Ireland’s constitutional future should be. The series will explore and discuss the practicalities of any referendum and why it’s worth hearing and talking about.

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