Raymond McCord begins legal challenge over border poll policy

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Raymond McCord began judicial review proceedings over border-poll policy, reported on 20 June 2018. He argued that the British and Irish governments had not clearly set out the path to a united Ireland. The proceedings were brought in Belfast and Dublin.

McCord said clearer conditions for a border poll could reduce political acrimony. The report said the Good Friday Agreement gives the decision to hold a vote to Northern Ireland’s secretary of state when a majority for Irish unity appears likely.