Malachi O'Doherty: An Ireland for the Irish – the dilemma facing Sinn Féin
Party reaches a crossroads over its voters’ views on immigration
Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald at Stormont (Liam McBurney/PA)
Nationalism usually comes suffused with ideas of racial purity. It is wary of the foreigner and seeks to establish a nation for a distinct people, whether Kurds, Jews, Tibetans, Palestinians, Irish or English.
Irish and Scottish nationalism seem to have evolved beyond simple racism.
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