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What's In A Name

Article 2 ~ July 2006

Is it expecting too much to take the stance that people of influence in Northern Ireland should have no difficulty in using the name of the country.

The reason for posing this question is that it still seems to be problem for some people to use the name 'Northern Ireland' when discussing issues of importance.

One well-known SDLP politician persists in using the term 'The North' when dealing with matters affecting Northern Ireland.

And, of course, Sinn Fein figureheads, including those who would expect to occupy senior positions if the Assembly does come back into existence, just cannot seem to feel happy about using the name of Northern Ireland.

Yet, these could be ministers in charge of key departments, and they persist in using terms like 'this part of the island', to describe the country which they seem so keen to share the responsibility for governing.

And it's not just people from predictable quarters who slip up, intentionally or unintentionally in not giving the proper name of the country.

Listening to a radio programme from Belfast recently, I was amazed to hear a well-educated person compare something in Northern Ireland to what things are like "across the water in the United Kingdom."

Not "the rest of the United Kingdom", but the inaccurate description which seemed to relegate Northern Ireland to a position outside the United Kingdom.

It goes without saying that it is vital that people in Northern Ireland who support the Union should, at all times, make it clear that this place is very much part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Ulster people must never accept a second tier or second class membership of the United Kingdom, hence the need to stress at all times Northern Ireland's position within the UK.

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