The economic benefits of a united Ireland will be discussed at major conference in Belfast this Friday. Sinn Féin’s Commission on the Future of Ireland will return to the Europa Hotel to host a discussion on Irish unity and the all island economy. The event will be independently chaired by Cathy Gormley-Heenan, Professor of Politics at Ulster University and former member of the north’s Independent Fiscal Commission. The panel for the discussion will consist of Sinn Féin’s senior finance spokespersons Pearse Doherty TD, Caoimhe Archibald MLA and Conor Murphy MLA. Speaking ahead of the event Conor Murphy MLA, who is Minister for the Economy at Stormont, said the scale of the discussion around constitutional change has never been higher, adding that it’s now a mainstream topic of conversation among citizens. “As that conversation deepens, people are increasingly questioning what Irish unity might mean for our island economy and for their own financial situation," he said. “In the past civic and business leaders such as Sir George Quigley, a Presbyterian, argued that regardless of how Ireland was governed, it made sense for such a small island to operate as a single economic unit.
