‘Stormont doesn’t work and is not set up to,’ says author of book on shift towards unity

New Ireland must be bedded in reality and respect, insists ex-government adviser

Paul Gosling, author of A New Ireland (Martin McKeown)

The author of a new book has said he was “astonished” that Irish senators believed Stormont should be retained in the event of reunification.

Paul Gosling, who has written A New Ireland, also spoke of the need to engage with the “practicalities” of potential constitutional change.