Reports estimate Irish Reunification to cost somewhere between 37 pence and 44 trillion pounds...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : There is interesting research on how winning the World Cup dramatically boosts the GDP of countries.
58% : This time, it comes from the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), a Dublin think tank.
53% : The analysis has been published by the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), a Dublin think tank.
48% : "To deal with the resulting deficit, which under the most favourable circumstances would persist for many years after unification, there would have to be a dramatic increase in taxation and/or a major reduction in expenditure," they add.
47% : They adjust the 2019 figures to reflect some of the differences a united Ireland would make, for example less spending on defence, more on contributions to the EU and increased corporation tax revenues.

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