Northern Ireland 2125?

@downcow you never answered when I asked you about what now seems to be DUP/TUV policy.

People who work on the Hill tell me the atmosphere is particularly bleak at the moment. With members of a certain unionist party appearing to have been instructed to be as uncooperative and uncivil as possible to their colleagues.

The logic behind this thran strategy is hard to fathom. They appear to be adopting the Trump playbook of making as much noise and causing as much damage as possible, but for what end?

Do you know how this 'thran strategy' is going to make the current 'Union' attractive to those who will need to be convinced?

The depths of ridiculousness you need to stoop to is directly related to the myths you wish to indulge.

That is what is important in any health system.
'A system that works' for the people dependent on it.

Not 'rocket science' as said.

Best of luck depending on myths and some tenuous and shrill smartaleckry about Aer Lingus and long gone party leaders.
That will mean naught to the professionals and those interested in building a system that works for all.

Not replying to anymore smartaleckry on this tbh.

All the guy had to do was sit it out and see how things go, but he is hell bent on his supremacist win and simply can't help himself.
He takes a lot of stick online but dear me, he brings it on his own head.
Would be pure comedy but he is a dangerous fool and winds his own up to the point that they lose the run of themselves.

Still not on any maps, and when "Ireland hidden heartlands" is googled it says the counties involved are Leitrim, Roscommon, Longford, East Clare, Westmeath, Cavan, North Tipperary, Galway, and Offaly. No mention of Fermanagh. So Irelands Hidden Hearlands was taking business away from Fermanagh, but is it now the case Fermanagh can pay a licencing agreement - which the other counties do not have to - and be included?

Wonder will it confuse Hans in Hanovers homely heartlands on which country to come to for holidays, because he thinks of 2 jurisdictions- Ireland and Northern Ireland, each with their own currency etc. Hope it works, because despite Bord Failtes extensive budget and efforts the 2025 season was dead on the Shannon. I know someome who holidays there a lot and they said despite the good weather there were no tourists around and most of the hire boats tied up. Priced themselves out of it, he said. Quietest year ever.

Despite a global increase in international travel in early 2025, Ireland overall experienced a 6.5% drop in visitors compared to 2024. The Hidden Heartlands was a region that saw visitor numbers decline a lot in 2025, following a decline in 2024 too.

Think they should ditch the Ireland Hidden Heartlands branding, it is clearly not working.

Just looking at the reality of the situation and the facts, something republicans like yourself were never good at. Ask anyone who worked in tourism along the Shannon what last season and the season before was like. The Wild Atlantic Way way a great piece of marketing : the Irelands hidden heartlands much less so, which is a pity, as they have a great product to market.

Not a positive thing when the marketing campaign Hidden Heartland of Ireland is such a disaster already for the actual hidden heartlands of Ireland.

( As noted already, despite a global increase in international travel in early 2025, Ireland overall experienced a 6.5% drop in visitors compared to 2024. The Hidden Heartlands was a region that saw visitor numbers decline more than the average Irish decline in 2025, despite the great weather of Spring / Summer 2025, following a decline in 2024 too.)

Fair play for Bord Failte if they were to get money out of the Northern taxpayers to market the "hidden heartland of Ireland". I am sure when Hans in Hanover's homely heartlands thinks of where the heart of Ireland is, and he looks up a map showing the jurisdiction of Ireland, he will not find Fermanagh in this jurisdiction. Keep him confused, he may think it is just a language thing between Irish and English anyway. Get him to the heartland, keep him and his money here. ;)

And you illustrate the quandary for the naysayers again.

You have to focus on the negative and be dismissive on every single thing considered normal and sensible.

From Irish language to tourism to health.

Any erosion of that partition line has to be resisted such is the pathetic insecurity.

I'd hate to be fronting that negative campaign.

…and the need to be negative is adorned with selective bitterness about the past.

Meanwhile the world is moving on in leaps and bounds. Nobody is forcing anyone, this is an 'agreement' between the tourism bodies because it makes sense and only belligerents and steadfast partitionists would have an issue with it.

Makes sense? It is already known the tourism market in the Hidden Heartlands of Ireland collapsed in the 2025 season, was well down on last year, despite the good weather, and last year was well down on the year before. Well done though to the "geniuses" behind the failed "hidden heartland of Ireland" marketing campaign to persuade the Northern / UK taxpayer to pay a "licence fee" (lol) to promote the "hidden heartland of Ireland", because as we all know the hidden heartland of Ireland is not in Northern Ireland.

The Wild Atlantic Way was a great marketing idea : the Hidden Heartlands idea is not so good but Bord Failte has to be seen to be doing something to compensate those along the Shannon etc (in the heart of Ireland : Fermanagh is not in the heart of Ireland) for the loss of business.

2024 was a disaster for tourism on the Shannon. People blamed the weather and cost of living and prices and inflation etc, but then 2025 was down even on 2024, despite the good weather. Any boat owner on the Shannon will tell you that, the lack of cruisers being hired and used was very noticeable. That is the reality.

Nothing to do with having "a partitionist hive mind", whatever "a partitionist hive" mind is?

The reality is that tourisn in the Irelands hidden Heartlands have been going down for a number of years, and the UK taxpayer paying money to market Ireland's heart may help Ireland's heart , but it is dubious if there will be much bang for the buck in Fermanagh.

The Wild Atlantic Way already is a 2,500 km (1,600-mile) coastal driving route in Ireland that stretches from the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal to Kinsale in County Cork. It is ALREADY the world's longest defined coastal touring route. Making it longer in either direction will not help. Some tourists are already complaining about it being too long, that they cannot see much of it in one holiday and they are afraid of missing the "best" part of it etc. If they want to improve it perhaps they could build some public toilets here and there along it?

This is what someone else has to say:

"What is it with the Irish and public toilets? On a recent visit to your beautiful country, the one major issue I continually encountered while cycling about was the lack of public toilet facilities. For example, while visiting one of the “signature points” on the Wild Atlantic Way, the stunning Downpatrick Head located in north Mayo, I expected the minimum facility one would expect at such an idyllic location was a toilet block. The nearest public toilets to this location was a 30km cycle, and then to find one of these toilets in the town of Ballina was a mission in itself as there are no signs whatsoever indicating where these toilets might be hidden.

While in Ireland it was of interest to note that Fáilte Ireland are in the process of marketing the inner regions of Ireland. It is calling it “Ireland’s Hidden Heartland”. Surely they won’t endeavour to make finding the public toilets there even harder than it does on the Wild Atlantic Way?"

Maybe the UK taxpayer instead of giving 300,000 towards Ireland's hidden heartlands should build a few toilets along the Shannon?

Maybe they should fix their own too?
You might need to lie down after seeking out another little morsel of negativity to help convince only you that closer integration is not happening.

Why are British public toilets horrible and why are we closing them down?

So I live near to a small village with a village green. Its a quintessential English country village with a village green, a little pub, and is quite beautiful.

The one exception is the block of public toilets, that seem to have been transplanted from a dystopian nightmare nuclear wasteground. On the outside its a harsh concrete structure weathered by time, inside its dark, scary, dirty and stinky.

For quite some time, the council was trying to close them down for cost reasons, and did actually shut them for various periods but the result was a vast increase in public urination / pooping behind the toilet block. Now they are only open when sports are being played on the green to save money.

Why are British public toilets horrible and why are we closing them down? : r/AskUK

That you don't have the first clue how government budgets work has been noticed before.