24/06/2016 BBC Newsline

This is a specially extended BBC Newsline

because of that momentous vote in favour

of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

The democratic decision of the people of the United Kingdom marks a

fresh and new beginning for country, and I believe it offers us the

opportunity to build a new hopeful and more democratic nation. It's a

big crisis, and we have to face the reality of this crisis. There needs

to be a resolution of that. Which is going to be very difficult, given

the decision taken by English voters on foot of a campaign that has been

put together with a little England mentality.

Our political and economics editors will have their analysis,

and we'll be hearing live from the Secretary of State,

as well as from the DUP and Sinn Fein.

An unscheduled meeting of the Dail on Monday,

contingency plans but no border poll -

I'll be live in Dublin with the latest

So what does it mean for people from Northern Ireland

The cost of our holiday money - how the leave vote means a trip

Can Northern Ireland continue their amazing

Join me live from the Parc Des Princes in Paris.

We had thunderstorms and heavy downpours today -

I'll have your weather details later in the programme.

The outcome of the referendum was confirmed early this morning,

and while the United Kingdom voted to leave, it was not a united vote.

Northern Ireland and Scotland opted to remain.

The First Minister Arlene Foster welcomed the result, saying people

The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the impact

on Northern Ireland would be profound, and there's now

a democratic imperative for a border poll.

Let's take a look at how the vote in Northern Ireland broke down.

Almost 350,000 people voted to leave the European Union.

More than 440,000 people opted to remain.

That gave a split of 44% for leaving the EU

The UK-wide vote painted a different picture -

it was 51.9% for Leave and 48.1% for Remain.

Our political correspondent Gareth Gordon has been

So this is Belfast in the morning after the night before. On the

surface, nothing seems to have changed. The City Hall still stands,

the bosses still run. But we know that big change is coming. What it

means for us, we are not sure. I knew what I was voting for, but I

just think, what is going to happen no? It is going to be very

unsettled. The stability is going to be quite unsettled for a while

anyway, but no, I think we made the right decision. I'm just really not

sure what to think. Have to see what happens. I think financially is

taking a massive gamble, and I'm not sure we believe better off for it. A

mix of right-wing scare tactics, just about decision. These are Leave

campaigners at the Belfast can't do not agree. They lost the battle in

Northern Ireland but won the war in the UK. As soon as the result was

known, Sinn Fein was calling for another referendum, on a united

Ireland. People say when we raise the issue of a border poll, that

creates instability. That it will lead to fractious situation. Why

would it? I do believe that such a border poll can be conducted in a

civilised atmosphere. Such as the Scottish referendum was. So what has

happened overnight is massive. We are calling for a border war because

we are united Ireland is, but also because we want to continue with the

improvements that have been made to the life of people -- a border poll.

Not going to happen, said the First Minister, who backed a Leave. I

understand the Secretary of State has already indicated the test has

not been met to call a border poll. I suppose the call for the border

poll was as applicable as the flowers are made. We knew it would

come. But the test has not been met, so therefore, I do not believe it

will happen. But wouldn't the vote cause instability, she was asked?

People should not panic. This will take place over a long time, and I

see it as a historic opportunity to build up this nation state again. On

the other side of the Irish border, the Prime Minister said he was very

sorry. I have to say that the invitations of this book for

Northern Ireland -- the implications of this evoked and for relations

north and south on this island will require careful consideration. This

will be a particular coordinate for the Government here. -- a particular

priority. Do we, do he will discuss this momentous decision with

Northern Ireland Executive colleagues, at which times, things

may be clearer, possibly. Our political editor Mark Devenport

was watching the Northern Ireland We followed on the Brexit vote in a

moment, but first, remind us how you saw the local voting, those who

wanted to stay and those who wanted to leave. We got decorations from

each of the constituencies so you could see the breakdown across

Northern Ireland who were supporting which site. We had a loving

constituencies supporting Remain and seven supporting Leave. It was very

much an East- West divide, with the Leave voters in unionist

constituencies. But it wasn't entirely a unionist nationalistic

night. There were There were some exceptions -

North Down and north Belfast, both of which have unionist MPs,

voted for Remain. So did the westerly constituency

of East Londonderry. One thing that was noticeable

was that nationalists appeared to be less enthusiastic about turning out

to vote than unionists - so, for example, West Belfast had

the lowest turnout of less than 49%, whilst a number of unionist seats

were in the mid 60s percentage-wise, much higher than the Assembly

election last month where it was in the mid-50s.

That said, this is ultimately fairly academic as the winning margin

of Leave across the UK was in the end greater

than all the voters on the electoral register here.

Looking at the business of the modern Ireland Executive, what our

priorities for ministers no? -- the Northern Ireland Executive.

I think on the surface we may continue to see the major parties

pulling in different directions as they obviously disagree

About whether a border poll is the way to go whether they should grasp

this chance to build a new future outside the EU as the DUP would say.

That will play out when the Assembly meets on Monday. But under the

surface the Assembly has a job to do to find practical ways it can get

involved in the negotiating process that will happen around Brexit.

David Cameron said he wants to see Northern Ireland involved. I would

not be surprised if we sought some ministers who will be at the sharp

edge, like the finance, agriculture, Infrastructure Minister getting

involved perhaps to form some sort of a group who could feed into those

Brexit negotiations, either with the even with counterparts in London or

in Dublin. How likely is a border poll? We see that Sinn Fein is

pressing for it, but as we will see later in the Secretary of State

Theresa Villiers is already ruling it out. She says that under the Good

Friday Agreement she only has to convert if she thinks people are

changing their view on what should be the constitutional status quo.

Recent polls have shown that you do not have at majority to change it.

The question is will this be a gamekeeper? In Scotland, we think it

well, Nicola Sturgeon fixer well. Here it is less certain, so it seems

unlikely in the short-term. -- Nicola Sturgeon thinks it will.

What does all of this mean for the pound in our pocket?

Our business and economics editor John Campbell is with me.

What's the first thing we will notice?

There has been huge turmoil on stock markets today. The Footsie plunged

this morning, but actually made up most of that growing by the end of

the day. The biggest thing people will notice is what has happened on

foreign exchange markets in terms of what the pound is worth. It fell

massively today against the dollar and the euro. The biggest one-day

fall in the pound in my lifetime. People will notice that when they go

to get their holiday money. The amount of euros or dollars you will

get for your buying today is much less than it would have been

yesterday. That has other effects potentially on our economy. It makes

imports more expensive, particularly thinking about oil. Oil is always

traded in dollars. If the pound is weaker against dollars, it will be

more expensive to import oil, and we are already seen suggestions from

the fuel industry that we are likely to see petrol prices going up, if

not this weekend then early next week. We are also hearing today

about inflation and interest rates rises. How realistic is any of that?

If we think about what will happen if there is a weak pound, if we are

importing oil and food, for example, that is more expensive, and could

push up inflation. Inflation is very low, nowhere near the 2% Bank of

England targets, but if it should start accelerate rapidly, the Bank

of England may have to think about putting up interest rates, other the

that is likely. In fact, many of the expert today and the markets are

saying what is to happen is you will get what is the demand shock in the

economy. Businesses. Spending because they worry about the

uncertainty, and the Bank of England may even have to cut interest rates,

and the current rate of 0.5% may be down to zero, which with the

presidency. What about jobs, that's what the people we will be worried

about? One of the issues is access to the European single market.

Foreign direct investors may like our workforce, our cost, what we

plan to do with tax, but if they are uncertain about what sort of market

access may well have, they may choose to delay investment, not to

come here, to go to the Republic. Some economists have raised that

fear, that it could stymie investment into Northern Ireland.

They have sought to play that down, saying that investors will still be

interested, but there will be uncertainty. We cannot get away from

that. There will be a couple of years will not knowing that they

what are trading relations will be with Europe or the rest of the

world. First the referendum result,

the the Prime Minister's announcement of his resignation

in October. Our political correspondent

Stephen Walker watched the dramatic With his voice faltering, David

Cameron signalled that his premiership was in its final days.

He took the decision to resign despite the fact his colleagues,

including Leave support to lead the killers, had hoped he may stay. --

Leeds supporter to Reza Villers. I think he has been a great Prime

Minister, and I would have very much liked to see him lead the party on

22020, but sadly it is not to be. As Theresa Villiers enjoyed her day,

those who had campaigned to remain in the EU founding result painful.

Disappointing result across the whole of the UK. Obviously Northern

Ireland voted to remain, but across the whole of the UK we voted to come

out, so it is very disappointing. We are going to have to consider how we

know that forward -- how we now move forward, and a calm, reasonable,

responsible way to try and deal with some of the issues that inevitably

will arise as a result of the boat that was taken yesterday. You now

have the answer to one burning question - this result poses many

more. What will make the lake outside the European Union? Will

better off? What effect will this result have on Northern Ireland? I

don't think it can be good news for Northern Ireland in particular. We

are a very difficult place, the only land you border of the United

Kingdom and some distance from London, with Scotland and uncertain

Britain's event in the future of the United Kingdom and the EU. -- and

uncertain advertisement in the future. But the Secretary of State

insist that the result was the right one. I am really delighted that the

people of the UK have voted for that outcome. There are countries all

around the world who control their own destiny and manage their own

affairs and do not subject themselves to the kind of trappings

that come with the EU. When people remember this day, they will not

just recall the result but the drama and speed of events that turned the

24th of June into one of the most dramatic days in British political

history. Theresa Villiers joins me know from

Westminster. It does not feel like a very United Kingdom tonight. I think

what is important now is to reflect on what motivated people to vote

Leave, but also those who are motivated to vote Remain. I think it

is very important in her excellent negotiations to do everything we can

to demonstrate that we are committed to the UK as a trading, aggregate

the nation, doing lots of business with the EU for free trade

agreement. -- in our exit negotiations. We are not pulling up

the drawbridge or anything like that. We will have a successful

relationship with the EU. We will just no longer be subject to the

political controls that stifled us and meant we were unable to take our

own decisions and our own national interest. What about the competition

question for people in Northern Ireland? They are looking at

Scotland and saying they are likely to get a second referendum, but

people who voted to remain in the EU are expected to accept that. There

is absolutely no certainty on a second Scotland referendum. I think

that the Scotland referendum that took place on independence settled

the question, so I don't think anybody should be rushing to further

referendum. The fact is that it is the United Kingdom that is a member

of the EU. We voted one United Kingdom. But I do fully recognise

that those who voted Remain in the Ireland do have concerns, and I

think it will be very important to demonstrate that Northern Ireland

will face a very bright future outside of the European Union. It

will still be a huge success, and sure, in attracting inward

investment, just as it does today, because it is in the interest of the

EU to reach a good free trade deal with us, because they sell much more

to us than we do to them. So it is in their interest to reach a

sensible deal with us which enables people to come to Northern Ireland,

set up business, and export into the rest of the EU. You said nor to

border are poor, but you think this brings it one step closer? -- you

said no to a border Paul. I don't think so. For me to be required to

call a border Paul, it has required that I think there is a majority in

favour of a united Ireland. I do not linger is and therefore a border

Paul would divisive. It is distracting when we have to deal

with the economy,... If some of the disastrous economic consequences

come to pass, while you kill any personal responsibility for that? I

do not think we will see the kind of economic crisis some predicted. Even

if we saw some of these worst-case scenarios, all of those reports

confirmed we would continue to grow. The debate was by how much. I

believe the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland in particular is a

great country. We have a huge amount going for us. At the heart of what

Remain said was the idea that we were too small a week to stand our

own feet and run our own democracy. I think that is wrong and I think we

will be a great success, and certainly continue not only to do a

huge amount of business with the EU, but taking control over trade means

new opportunities around the rest of the world, and growing markets like

India and China. Our Dublin correspondent

Shane Harrison has been What was the initial

reaction to the result? This is clearly not the result the

Irish Government wanted. It campaigned for a Remain vote among

Irish citizens in the UK. The Republic of course is staying in the

European Union. There are real fears hear about the falling value of

sterling, and how it might affect trade between the two states,

estimated to be valued at around 1 billion euros a week. So there are

concerns about that here, it has to be said. The Taoiseach has already

ruled out holding holes for a border poll with regard to Northern

Ireland, but there are worries about whether there would be a hard soft

border between the European Union and the UK. If there is, will it be

at for example airports and ports are on roads and motorways? These

are real issues that will have to be addressed, and maybe the first

discussion on this will take place at the ministerial Council meeting

on Monday week. Later in the programme will be talking to people

who have concerns who live in Newbury and along the border there.

How concerned in particular do think the Irish Government is on the

damage this because North South relations and the trade, the strong

link between North and South? There was a special Cabinet meeting called

because of the referendum result this morning to discuss contingency

plans, and opposition leaders have been bright. There will be a special

sitting of the Dail on Monday. That all suggest there is some degree of

concern. The Taoiseach Enda Kenny today suggested he envisaged a

longer drawn-out process of divorce between the EU and the UK, than

perhaps some senior figures in Brussels were imagining it would be.

But we are as John Campbell said very much in uncharted territory,

and these are very, located political and legal matters that

will have to be resolved over the coming months if not years. -- very

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Ireland's clash with Wales. Declan Kearney, Sinn Fein's

national chairperson, What effect, if any, do you think

the vote will have on the Good Friday Agreement and its workings?

If you wouldn't mind repeating her answer their, we did not get it.

What effect the Brexit will have on the workings of the Good Friday

Agreement. I do think it will have ramifications for the entire

political process. What has happened during the course of the evening is

a complete subversion of the democratic mandate and will of the

people of Northern Ireland, and I think it is quite ridiculous and

scandalous for Theresa Villiers to suggest that the requirement known

for a border poll would represent a diversion and become divisive, when

in actual fact, the referendum which greeted this set of circumstances

should never have happened in the first place. -- which created this

set of circumstances. It arose from divisions in the Conservative Party

to which she belongs, between one right-wing faction and another. Sinn

Fein seems to be the only party in favour of a border Paul and says

that today's vote strengthens the case for a border poll, but

realistically when would that happen and who would be involved? Would it

be only Northern Ireland or an all Ireland vote? To allow me to finish

my point, Theresa Villiers attempted to suggest that would be a divisive

process. No more divisive than the approach that has been taken by the

British date in addition to this referendum, where the vast majority

of people in Northern Ireland have voted to remain within Europe, and

know as a direct result of a vote taken in England we are being

dragged out of the European Union. The need for a border poll arises

from the fact that we have dramatically changed the political

and economic circumstances here in the north. What we now need to see

is an inclusive discussion about the constitutional future of the island

as a direct result of these very compelling material change to the

political circumstances of the North. We are now into uncharted

waters. Sorry to interrupt you. Let me finish this point. What we now

see is that Brexit is the price of partition. We have what we have

today, and looking at the workings and then of the Northern Ireland

Executive, your core partners in Government, the DUP, are firmly of

the opinion that Northern Ireland can survive outside of the European

Union. How can you know work with that party for the benefit of

Northern Ireland? There is absolutely no economic rationale or

objective analysis that system is that position. I am quite astounded

at the fact that the DUP allowed themselves to be led by the this

internal conflict within the British Conservative Party. And that they

have no effectively become cheerleaders for the subversion of

democracy in Northern Ireland, a position that was adopted by all

sectors of our community, to remain in the European Union, involved

promises, catholic, people of all political affiliations and none. So

we now need to face the prospect of a new British Government emerging,

and more right wing British Government, and across the political

divide and across civic society we need to come together, unite,

prepare to face the prospect of increase of 30 that will be

inflicted upon our people. Stand together and refused to accept those

circumstances. -- the prospect of increased circumstances. I'm afraid

we have to leave it here. And we'll hear from the DUP

later in the programme. For people from Northern Ireland

living and working in other parts of Europe, the Brexit vote

could have implications in terms BBC Newsline's Mark Simpson

is in Paris where he's Mark, today you've been speaking

to people from Belfast Yes, there is a small community from

Northern Ireland year in Paris, just as there are small communities from

Northern Ireland and other European cities like Germany, the

Netherlands, Spain. They all add up. We are talking a significant number

of people, and they have a lot of questions today. What about, if they

have a British passport, will they still qualify for one of these? The

answer is, we will have to wait and see. And each IC card. Everybody

gets on when they go on holiday. Will people with a British passport

be able to travel with one of these in the coming years? -- a European

health insurance card. People have questions about money, travel

arrangements for going home. Lots of questions, and they are waiting here

in places like Paris for of answers. Is there any sense that other EU

countries are looking at the relationship with the EU? There is a

new word being formed here in France in recent weeks, and that is Frexit,

the French equivalent of Brexit. Just like the UK, they will