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Mon 11 Nov 2009Unionists should look to 'decade of centenaries'
ANNIVERSARIES:CULTURE MINISTER Nelson McCausland said unionists should look to a decade of centenaries marking the Ulster Covenant in 2012, the Battle of the Somme in 2016 and the creation of the Northern state in 2021.
Contrasting these with what he said was the impossibility of a united Ireland by the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, Mr McCausland said the trio of anniversaries he outlined would underscore the Britishness of unionists and their place within the United Kingdom.
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