Category: Politics and Democracy
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And This is How it Ends? An Irish Borders Trajectory
Professor Cathal McCall looks at how the implications of Brexit have threatened to reverse the debordering momentum that had been gathering on the island of Ireland over the past 30 years.
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Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Professor Colin Harvey and Barrister-at-Law Mark Bassett recently gave two evidence sessions to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the ongoing debate about the constitutional future of the island of Ireland. You can read their opening statement below, as well as view the two sessions.
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Northern Ireland on the brink, again: The responsibility of London
As political tensions rise and riots erupt, or are provoked, on the streets of Belfast, the suggestion is now widely heard that the Northern Ireland institutions may again collapse before long. But London appears at present to have a limited grip of the Northern Ireland situation, suggests guest contributor Alan Whysall, and if it does…
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Border Poll or Bust?
Alan Whysall, former Northern Ireland office civil servant, now research fellow at the Constitution Unit at University College London discusses the operation of border polls.
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Understanding the role of European Council summits in reaching the Good Friday Agreement
One of the most sensitive issues during the Brexit process has been the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on Northern Ireland. Darren Litter argues that against this backdrop, the important role that European Council summits played in the Northern Ireland peace process has largely been overlooked.
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(Non-)Religion and Abortion at Stormont
Dr Christopher Raymond looks at the recent debate in the Assembly on the Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill which will likely see the implementation of new restrictions on abortion in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland in its centenary year: reviving the promise of the Good Friday Agreement
In the second of his two-part series, Alan Whysall argues that a majority for unity is probably not imminent; a fixation on the ‘union versus unity’ debate may be profoundly damaging; and that whatever the preferred constitutional outcome, the key requirement now is to revive the Agreement, and people in Northern Ireland need to take…
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Northern Ireland in its centenary year: a changing landscape
In Northern Ireland’s centenary year, the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement settlement may, suggests Alan Whysall, be under its greatest threat to date, as the Northern Ireland Protocol engages. In the the first of a two-part series, Alan examines the changing political landscape of Northern Ireland.
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The DUP and the Protocol
Dr Jamie Pow looks at how the DUP’s position has reverted back to one of resistance towards the new reality of life post-Brexit,
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Does Queen’s need an academic specialist in unionism?
Dr Marie Coleman provides a response to a recent call to create a Queen’s professorship to study unionism and its contribution to Northern Ireland.