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What the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement means for Northern Ireland
Professor Katy Hayward provides an initial analysis of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement in light of the Protocol and the 1998 Agreement.
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Self-disinfecting surfaces could help protect us from COVID-19 – here’s how
Dr Louise Carson, Professor Colin McCoy and Dr Jessica Moore look at the role of photosensitisers in developing self-disinfecting surfaces in the fight against the pandemic.
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December Brexit Clinic at Queen’s
The slides and recording of the December Brexit Clinic at Queen’s are now available for viewing and downloading.
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How to keep COVID-safe this Christmas
Dr Grace C Roberts and Dr David Courtney share some useful advice on how to help stop the spread of Covid-19 this Christmas.
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House plants were our link with nature in lockdown – now they could change how we relate to the natural world
Dr Giulia Carabelli looks at the role plants play in these times of forced isolation.
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Implementing the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Clarity at Last?
With less than a month to go before the end of the Brexit transition period, answers to some of the many outstanding questions about the implementation of the Ireland/Northern Ireland protocol are now starting to come through says Professor David Phinnemore.
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Men’s Health Forum in Ireland launches key report for their 21st Birthday
As the Men’s Health Forum in Ireland launches its 21st anniversary report, Dr Karen Galway and Shane O’Donnell look at why it is important to consider men’s health.
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“I Didn’t Know If I Was Going To Be Seen Again.”
Guest contributor Dr James Waller, Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College looks at the escalating risk of mass violence in the United States.
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‘A leap forward’? Critiquing the criminalisation of domestic abuse in Northern Ireland
Domestic abuse in Northern Ireland is a crisis that requires urgent attention but we should be wary of assuming criminalisation will constitute a ‘leap forward’ says Dr Rachel Killean.
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The legacy of a Harbour Master and the opportunity of a Climate Change Act
Joseph Ireland continues his call for a Climate Change Act for Northern Ireland.