A republican group has launched a campaign for a referendum on Irish unity in America.
The 1916 Societies first announced its ‘One Ireland One Vote’ campaign earlier this year.
It centres on a call for an all-Ireland referendum for a united Ireland.
The 1916 Societies were first established in east Tyrone but have spread across Ireland and abroad.
The group was at the centre of controversy earlier this year when it admitted that its members hoisted a tricolour and Irish Republic flag from Parliament Buildings, Stormont, prompting a furious response from unionists as well as a PSNI investigation.
National treasurer Kevin Martin, who is currently in America promoting the campaign, claimed a border poll allowed the Good Friday Agreement will not deliver a united Ireland.
“Britain clearly states, backed up by its own legislation, that it will only call a border poll if and when they are satisfied as to its outcome,” he said.
“Even after all of that, any decision is legally non-binding and subject to the further assent of the British Parliament at Westminster.”
He claimed the “only alternative is a free and open, all-Ireland referendum, to determine future democratic and constitutional arrangements for Ireland as of right”.
“We have a vision and a strategy for Irish freedom which is gaining traction against the failed existing political establishment,” he said.
“The 1916 Societies believe that the potential impact of the One Ireland One Vote initiative is immeasurable in defeating current British strategy and putting us back on track to achieving the ideals and freedom which were proclaimed almost a century ago at the GPO in Dublin.”
