A majority of Northern Ireland voters would oppose a united Ireland, according to a recent poll published by The Irish Times.
50 percent of voters, according to the poll, would oppose reunification with the Republic of Ireland.
In the North, only 27% of respondents said they would vote to leave the UK and reunite with the South, with 19% remaining undecided.
In contrast, 60 percent of voters in the Republic said they would vote for reunificiation.
The polling was carried out by The Irish Times and the Arins Project, a joint initiative of the Royal Irish Academy and the University of Notre Dame.
Majorities in the North and South agree that a referendum should be held on the subject of Irish reunification, which was another important finding of the polling.
Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie responded to the poll by stating that he was not surprised by the findings.
Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie responded to the poll by stating that he was not surprised by the findings.
“I think we’ve continuously seen polls which show that the vast majority in Northern Ireland would want to stay part of the United Kingdom. “A united Ireland is a fair aspiration, and people should be able to pursue that, but as it stands now, the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland do wish to stay part of the United Kingdom, and as per the Belfast Agreement, then that should be respected,” Mr. Beattie said.