There was not one single vote in the Dail, the Irish parliament, against the new Agreement when it was debated and approved.
Partition is to be legitimised.
A statelet whose only justification is a sectarian one is to be held up as a model of democracy in the new Ireland. The leaders of nationalist Ireland have betrayed the democratic aspirations of the majority of the Irish people. This betrayal has been covered with a mountain of propaganda by almost every single party attempting to disguise or justify their actions. Almost every single media outlet, from television to newspapers has supported the deal. When partition was imposed, the British threatened the representatives of nationalist Ireland with immediate and terrible war if they did not accept British terms.