This is an opinion piece from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:
The Catholic nationalist party Sinn Fein has become the strongest force in the election in Northern Ireland. However, the victory was not so convincing that the Protestant side would immediately fear for the unity of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Nevertheless, the largest Protestant party is refusing to form a new regional government for the time being. The Democratic Unionists (DUP) would have to nominate a candidate for the post of deputy head of government. But they only want to do that if the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiated between the EU and London is changed.
It would be good if the DUP finally took note of the fact that there has never been a majority in Northern Ireland (unlike in England and Wales) for leaving the EU. Second, the party would have to recognize that a blockade will only bring closer the moment that many Protestants fear even more than the difficulties that the Northern Ireland Protocol has brought to the province's economy in its contacts with the rest of Britain.
Those who want to remain in the EU will probably sooner or later come to terms with the idea of Northern Ireland uniting with the Republic of Ireland. The seeds of Brexit are beginning to sprout. Its proponents just don't want to admit it.
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Personally I think for merely "geometric-geographic
reasons, that it just sounds and looks natural if NI and the RoI unite. However, its of course a decision to be made by the natives. I just look from far away, and wonder what all that religious-historical gobbling is about.