It’s going to happen: Feargal Sharkey believes united Ireland inevitable and would campaign for it
Former ‘Undertone Feargal Sharkey has said he believes a united Ireland is now probably inevitable, adding that he would campaign for it when the time comes.
The punk-rocker turned clean water advocate told the BBC's Borderland podcast he would be likely to join the unity campaign when it came to a border poll.
"I probably would and again it just goes back to my historical roots.
"I think it's extraordinary that in my lifetime, we're even having this conversation and with any seriousness.
"Because let's face it, until Brexit, this was nothing more than a kind of an ambition that some people had and others didn't share.
"For me, I think it's inevitable now that at some point in the future, there probably will be a united Ireland,” he said.
Mr. Sharkey also spoke of the progress that has been made since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
"I stood on national television on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement on Have I Got News For You - highlighting what the Belfast Agreement has delivered for the peoples of Ireland over the last 25 years.
"It is unbelievably extraordinary,” he said.
Mr. Sharkey appeared alongside fellow founding band members John O'Neill, Billy Doherty, Mickey Bradley and Damian O'Neill, on the first four ‘Undertones albums The Undertones (1979), Hypnotised (1980), Positive Touch (1981) and The Sin of Pride (1983) before leaving the group.
He provided the original vocals on pop-punk classics including Teenage Kicks, Get Over You, Jimmy, Jimmy, Here Comes the Summer, Jump Boys, Male Model and True Confessions.