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Welfare, health service, policing and Britishness are all issues that need to be discussed in any conversation about a new #Ireland, says @TrevorLunnLV @acatherwoodnews @IrelandsFuture
These conversations are opening up because people are questioning whether our home could be better. Is there anything better out there? says @KarenSethuraman @IrelandsFuture
If a poll is ahead which I believe it is, people want to know: what is it I'm voting for? This can't be politically led although politicians have a role - it needs to be people led says @KarenSethuraman @IrelandsFuture
What's needed is a people's forum where north and south can come together to talk about this. That isn't something we shouldn't fear - it's something we should be excited about says @KarenSethuraman @IrelandsFuture
My cultural influences were British and I went to university in Edinburgh on a full grant so I benefited from the British system, says Mark Langhammer. Growing up when we looked south saw a country dominated by the Church, says @IrelandsFuture
Division spills over into violence for so long yet culturally we're so similar, says @DenzilMcDaniel. It's not about who wins or loses a #borderpoll but how we can make it a better society for all @IrelandsFuture
Just because we might take a major step here towards #unity doesn't mean the #GoodFridayAgreement goes away says @TrevorLunnLV @IrelandsFuture
For me it's about the #NHS says @BradleyGJ. If we look at our NHS it's the worst in the #UK. Re pensions:how are they going to be paid for people who have paid into the British Exchequer? But I think the standard of living is higher in the Republic days @BradleyGJ @IrelandsFuture
We should devolve more power to individual counties says Mark Langhammer. People in loyalism feel they are losing something. Devolving power to counties would mitigate this @IrelandsFuture
Young people don't see things through the lens of politics. I have noticed my two daughters are more drawn to the South of Ireland, says @KarenSethuraman They are drawn to the life there. It's important they are part of these conversations @IrelandsFuture
There is a disconnect between political and civic unionism says @TrevorLunnLV. If a unionist expresses a view outside the norm they are as shamed. #Unionism need to engage with younger people who want to leave the past behind @IrelandsFuture
Unionists don't see the change that's happened. The future isn't about wrapping yourself in the flag but about making life better. Some thinking is going on but not enough, says @DenzilMcDaniel @IrelandsFuture
Mark Langhammer quotes Charlie Haughey saying the Republic couldn't absorb a million Unionists - but a million Protestants is a different matter @IrelandsFuture
No point in nationalists trying to change the minds of political Unionists, says Mark Langhammer. Nut there are 25-30pc of small u or garden centre unionists who are making their minds up @IrelandsFuture
The Irish government will inherit the six counties and the onus is on the Irish government to say this is how we see the constitution and the dynamic of an all island economy working, says @BradleyGJ @IrelandsFuture
The Irish government needs to get out of its foxhole says @TrevorLunnLV. Detailed reassurance to undecided unionists and some nationalists is necessary @IrelandsFuture
A #Citizensassembly is a good idea, a sensible way forward, says @TrevorLunnLV. It would demonstrate how people can and do move ahead of politicians @IrelandsFuture
The South could do more. As well as apathy there's fear of loyalist violence, says @DenzilMcDaniel. But he says there's difference between loyalism and loyalist paramilitaries. It's important not to talk up or ignore loyalist violence. Don't overblow it he urges @IrelandsFuture
None of us can deny tensions in some of our neighborhoods such as East Belfast, says @KarenSethuraman. But remember that people rose up and spoke out against violence @IrelandsFuture
This week when racist comments were made by @duponline's Gregory Campbell, people spoke out says @KarenSethuraman. Finds that's heartening @IrelandsFuture
I've been a victim of loyalist violence during the flags protest. I'm willing to talk to anyone but I want no truck with anyone who uses political violence says @TrevorLunnLV @IrelandsFuture
I don't think there's anything out there which couldn't be sorted says @TrevorLunnLV. When the time is right that's when a #borderpoll will happen he says @IrelandsFuture
Flags are important to some people. To me they're not says @BradleyGJ. The orange in that tricolour is my heritage. But if it became an issue there's the provincial flag (the one showing the four provinces). @IrelandsFuture
The British need to say what are the measurements to make us have a #borderpoll says @BradleyGJ. Says we need to hammer that out. Suggests questions on the 2022 #census @IrelandsFuture
I wouldn't want to put a date on a #borderpoll but we need to prepare. We don't need all the answers but we need to have the steps laid out says @KarenSethurama @IrelandsFuture
I'm concerned about the fixation about the date for a #borderpoll says @DenzilMcDaniel. Is it a binary choice of #unity with Britain or unity with Ireland? We need to know what we're voting on. Urges the question to be nailed down @IrelandsFuture