Category: Europe
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People in Northern Ireland want the UK to stay in the customs union and single market new research on public attitudes reveals
Professors John Garry and Brendan O’Leary look at some of the headline findings from their recent report into public attitudes to Brexit across Northern Ireland.
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The impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: A review in light of the current state of play
Dr Katy Hayward and Professor David Phinnemore gave evidence this week to the Oireachtas on the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement. Below is an overview of the evidence they presented.
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What is Northern Ireland saying about Brexit – Key slides
Katy Hayward and Lisa Whitten look at what key political parties, governing institutions and social partners in Northern Ireland are saying about the ongoing Brexit process.
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A Special Arrangement for Northern Ireland?
Professor Colin Harvey and Dr Nikos Skoutaris from the University of East Anglia look at how the formal recognition of the particular circumstances of Northern Ireland is vital to securing the objectives being sought for an orderly Brexit.
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Deepening Political Divisions and Exacerbating Peripherality: Scotland, Northern Ireland and Brexit
The two ‘Remain’ areas of the UK – Northern Ireland and Scotland – are mostly analysed separately in Brexit debates says Dr Katy Hayward and Dr Kirsty Hughes from the Scottish Centre on European Relations.
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Avoiding a hard Irish border: Time to move from magical thinking to specific solutions
Progress on the issue of Northern Ireland/Ireland must be made before the European Council summit in June 2018 says Dr Katy Hayward.
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How not to fix the Irish border problem
Dr Katy Hayward gives her response to Shanker Singham’s recent article entitled ‘How to fix the Irish border problem’.
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Sinn Féin President Talks Brexit at Queen’s University
Mary Lou McDonald, newly-appointed President of Sinn Féin, delivered an address entitled “Brexit: Challenges and Opportunities” to a packed house this week at Queen’s University.
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The island of Ireland and “Brexit”: a legal-political critique of the draft withdrawal agreement
Based on a legal analysis of the position of the island of Ireland in the draft withdrawal agreement, Prof Dagmar Schiek argues that the draft neither fully protects socio-economic and civic cooperation on the island of Ireland, nor do justice to the 1998 Belfast Agreement.
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Brexit: Challenges and Opportunities with Mary Lou McDonald
The latest in its series of keynote addresses on Brexit will see Sinn Féin President, Mary Lou McDonald, visit Queen’s University.