Irish Catholic Unionists in The Republic of Ireland
- Stan Gebler Davies (deceased) - a journalist for the Irish Independent, who stood as a Unionist for the Dáil in 1987.
- Conor Cruise O'Brien (deceased), former member of the UK Unionist Party and the Irish Labour Party.
Having opposed the partition of Ireland from 1949, all the major political parties in the Republic of Ireland approved the Belfast Agreement of 1998 that consents to Northern Ireland remaining a part of the United Kingdom as long as a majority of its electorate so desires.
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