A Unified Ireland: Trump's Comments Spark a Storm in Dublin US President Donald Trump's visit to Dublin has been met with both protests and curiosity, but one comment from the American leader has sparked a particularly contentious debate.
During a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, Trump suggested that a unified Ireland would be "fantastic. " This remark reignited a decades old discussion about the future of Northern Ireland.
The Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998, brought an end to three decades of sectarian violence known as The Troubles.