Sunningdale agreement why did it fail

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Although laying most of the blame with the British Government and loyalists in Northern Ireland, Mr Dorr said the Irish government led by Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and minister of foreign affairs Garret Fitzgerald had "more than a gleam in their eye" that the Council of Ireland would lead to Irish unity and did little to reassure unionist fears.

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He also revealed the Department of the Public Service in Dublin had proposed assigning up to 20, civil servants to work on the Council of Ireland. Despite Sunningdale's failings, Mr Dorr said it succeeded in making the UK Government realise "the Irish question" had not been settled after partition in He added: "If in future, there was to be a devolved government then representatives of the minority would share in exercising the devolved powers, and the aspiration of the minority to Irish unity achieved by consent would have to be recognised.