As has the tumult in our party politics. This political divide between Dublin and the rest of the country is not new. Barring a few local exceptions, electorates across the country voted pretty uniformly and we could speak of genuinely national party politics. So to implement environmental policies now would be to cater for the preferences of new Ireland, which might well be against the wishes of older Ireland. In an era of fragmenting states across Europe, older Ireland might demand more devolution as a compromise to counteract the supremacy of new Ireland.

Source: Irish Independent June 09, 2019 17:37 UTC