Category: Politics and Democracy
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Lessons from the Brexit debacle for our Executive debacle
Dr Katy Hayward reflects on the forthcoming 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement and the importance of the Agreement’s role in the Brexit negotiations.
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The Future of Northern Ireland: What is Going Wrong?
Professor Crawford Gribben looks back over recent events in Northern Ireland and asks why, after almost 20 years of “peace”, have we achieved so little with so much?
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Uniting and Sharing the Island: Normalising Good Friday Agreement Constitutionalism?
Professor Colin Harvey talks constitutionalism and the idea of Irish unity referendums in light of the ongoing Brexit negotiations.
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Conservatism of Unionist Parties alienating younger unionist voters, but from them, not the Union
Professor John Barry looks at the results of the 2017 Northern Ireland General Election study by the University of Liverpool in the context of recent events in Northern Ireland.
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Irish Unity Report: Reunification of Ireland or unity amongst those who want unity?
In the first of a two-part article, Professor John Barry casts a critical eye over the recent Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement report on Brexit and the Future of Ireland.
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Irish Unity Report: Reunification of Ireland or unity amongst those who want unity? Part 2
In the final part of his two-part article, Professor John Barry continues his review of the recent Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement report and asks whether the report is simply preaching to the converted when it comes to Irish unity.
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2017 – a review of the year so far!
Dr Katy Hayward shares her thoughts of the year so far on Slugger TV.
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Competing with the Past: The Struggle for Truth in Northern Ireland
Dr Cheryl Lawther discusses Northern Ireland’s past and ways to move forward.
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Putting a price on language: the debate around the cost of an Irish language act
In the second of two articles, Deirdre Dunlevy and Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín look at the cost implications associated with the debate around an Irish language act for Northern Ireland.
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Debate over Irish language is central to power-sharing talks in Northern Ireland
In the first of two articles, and in light of the resumed talks at Stormont to restore power-sharing, Deirdre Dunlevy and Professor Micheal O’Mainnin look at the ongoing call for an Irish Language Act in Northern Ireland.