Edited sentence: Another reason for its growth is the hatred for British politics within the Northern Irish community, and the business community is now looking down into the Republic of Ireland rather than across the Irish Sea to Britian.Due to the decommissioning of the IRA, Sinn Fein is expected to gain more political power in the next election.Looking at todays statistics it looks like a United Ireland is around the corner....Many people will say that a United Ireland is inevitable.Not only Nationalists but a small majority of Unionists also think this.Sinn Fein is currently the fastest growning political party on the island of Ireland and is expected to grow rapidly.This is because the GDP per capita of the Republic of Ireland has now topped that of the United Kingdom and the ROI is currently the fastest growing economy in Europe and the second wealthiest country in the European Union