Lines of allegiance changing

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David Quinn detects allegiances are changing in NI, where America has traditionally been seen as a reliable partner within a wider Nationalist lobby.

These observations certainly ring true at this moment of heightened tension both in NI and the wider world. But with debate in the west polarising between Europe and the US it may beg the question; in which direction will Irish nationalism move? Towards its traditional Allies in Irish America, or more the socially minded European dispensation?

For the moment there is too much short term policking to venture a guess. But it’s certainly something to watch closely over the near future.

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