Politicians react to Census2021 figures which show there are more people from a Catholic background in Northern Ireland than Protestant for the first time
which show there are more people from a Catholic background in Northern Ireland than Protestant for the first time.
"There is no doubt change is under way and irreversible. How that change is shaped moving forward requires maturity to take the challenges which face our society," he said.Mr Finucane called on the Irish government to create a citizens' assembly to plan for a possible unity referendum. "The Northern Ireland that I have grown up in, it's been made up of people from all backgrounds and traditions," he said.
"One thing that actually quite excites me coming from an atheist background - I grew up in a Catholic area, my partner grew up in a Protestant area, we are both atheists, we don't conform to religion - is the growth of those from a non-religious background and the one thing I would like to see in the future is the removal of that second question.
"Whilst much of the focus will be on the religious headcount, it has been obvious for many decades that not all Catholics are nationalists or republicans, and not all Protestants vote for unionist parties," he said. "It is my honest hope that we can all now take a moment of serious and sincere reflection about the scale of change we have experienced and commit to a conversation about the powerful potential for change in the future."The TUV leader said that while there are more people identifying as being from a Catholic background, the nationalist vote is "almost identical" to the first Assembly election in 1998.
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