From the People of United Ulster
United Ulster
The historic nine counties. One continuous territory.
Discussion papers and policy frameworks on immigration, land and business control, and citizenship — written for a territory of approximately 2.26 million people living under two legal systems and an open land border.
~1.93 million
Northern Ireland (6 counties)
~333,000
Republic of Ireland Ulster counties (3)
~2.26 million
Full nine-county United Ulster
Introduction
Who we are and why we speak
We are the people of United Ulster — the historic nine counties that form one continuous territory: the six counties of Northern Ireland and the three Ulster counties of the Republic of Ireland. We live with the realities of the Common Travel Area, an open land border, dual legal systems, and the daily consequences of decisions made in London, Dublin and Belfast.
A serious society must examine incentives, costs and consequences. These papers set out what we have observed, what the experience of other jurisdictions shows, and the principles we believe should guide policy. We do not claim to speak for every person in United Ulster. We do claim the right, as citizens and residents of this place, to insist on clarity and honesty.
Three papers · August 2026
Policies
Paper I
Immigration & family reunification
A framework for third-country labour migration that is coherent, enforceable and honest about trade-offs: conditional family reunification, mandatory health insurance, sponsor liability, and recognition of remittances as development finance — while protecting the Common Travel Area for British and Irish citizens.
Read the paperPaper II
Land, business and Ulsterization
Rules that preserve majority local control of land and designated businesses, introduce progressive Ulsterization of everyday retail occupations, and prohibit concealment arrangements — drawing on Thailand’s ownership model and Saudi employment-localization practice, adapted to British and Irish law and the Common Travel Area.
Read the paperPaper III
Citizenship by descent
A nationality framework in which citizenship is transmitted primarily by descent (jus sanguinis), birth inside the territory does not by itself confer citizenship on the children of non-citizens, and a demanding ten-year naturalisation path remains open — aligned with the United Kingdom’s post-1983 rules, Ireland’s post-2004/2005 rules, and the predominant international model.
Read the paperWhat we ask
We ask politicians in London, Dublin and Belfast to stop treating the discussion of genuine connection, local ownership and honest trade-offs as morally forbidden. The people of United Ulster live with the results. We are entitled to examine incentives and outcomes.
The choice is not between openness and isolation. It is between policies that acknowledge the structural vulnerability of a territory of this size and policies that pretend the vulnerability does not exist. We choose the former.