The Reform Group was an organisation based in
Dublin that sought to have
Ireland rejoin the
Commonwealth of Nations.
History
The group was launched in 1998 as The Reform Movement shortly after the successful referendum ratifying the
Good Friday Agreement and describing itself as a coalition of "new unionists for the new millennium".
A number of its founders, such as Anne Holliday, had been members of the anti-
republican group, New Consensus. At its launch, the group called for:
* support for the creation of the
British–Irish Council as set out in the Good Friday Agreement
* the extension of full
British citizenship rights to those who sought it in Ireland
* the appointment of a senior official in the
Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility for minority affairs
* legislative change so that five of the 11
Senators currently nominated by the
Taoiseach would be drawn from minority groups in Ireland
* State support for
Ulster Scots Ulster Scots, may refer to:
* Ulster Scots people
* Ulster Scots dialect
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speakers
* increased resources for the
Garda Síochána
(; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace"), more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards", is the national police service of Ireland. The service is headed by the Garda Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Gover ...
to help it tackle crime and terrorism
The group claims to be a voice for "alternative viewpoints" of "Irishmen and Irishwomen who do not fit in the seamless definition" of
nationalist or
unionist. It has previously voiced support for