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90 Years of Muintir na Tíre
Barry Sheppard looks back at Muintir na Tíre, a rural co-operative movement that was set up in Ireland 90 years ago today.
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Navigating Complexity and Societal Trauma: Towards a new constitutional moment on the island of Ireland
The role of trauma is a central mediator of the connection that individuals make with collective or societal narratives says Dr Peter Doran.
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Arlene Foster: where it all went wrong for Northern Ireland’s first minister
Dr Peter McLoughlin looks at Arlene Foster’s time in office as First Minister of Northern Ireland and Leader of the DUP and highlights some of the events that have lost her the support of her party.
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Living Standards North and South in Ireland
In a special long-read article, Dr Graham Gudgin follows up on his recent article comparing living standards in Northern Ireland and Ireland.
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Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Executive Office
Professor Colin Harvey and Barrister-at-Law Mark Bassett recently gave evidence to the Committee for the Executive Office at the Northern Ireland Assembly on the ongoing debate about the constitutional future of the island of Ireland. You can read their opening statement below, as well as view a recording of the session.
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Northern Ireland Voters and the Protocol
Professor Katy Hayward and Professor David Phinnemore look at the results from the first of a series of surveys commissioned by Queen’s University for its ESRC-funded project on the multilevel dynamics of implementing the Protocol.
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April 2021 Post-Brexit Clinic
The slides and recording of the April Post-Brexit Clinic are now available.
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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…