New Ireland Forum

…1984 the report of the New Ireland Forum—a discussion group that included representatives of political parties in Ireland and Northern Ireland—set out three possible frameworks for political development in Ireland: a unitary state, a federal state, and joint sovereignty. Fianna Fáil preferred a unitary state, which Fine Gael and Labour…

…Catholic church’s delegation to the New Ireland Forum in 1984 but was also critical of the church hierarchy on a number of issues.