'United Ireland could involve devolved govt at Stormont'

PRESIDENTIAL candidate Heather Humphreys has suggested Irish unification could involve the retention of a devolved parliament at Stormont.

- BY DAVID YOUNG

The Fine Gael contender said people in the North who have a British identity had “nothing to fear” from constitutional change, as the Presbyterian highlighted her own experience as part of a “minority community" in the State.

The issue of reunification and accommodating unionists within any new Ireland was debated between Ms Humphreys and rival independent candidate Catherine Connolly on a debate on RTE Radio One yesterday morning.