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Northern Ireland border and the EU’s draft legal agreement
Prof John Garry and Jamie Pow talk Brexit, borders, and backstop options following the publication by the European Commission of the draft legal text on the Withdrawal Treaty.
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What’s the plan for governing Northern Ireland?
Prof John Garry and Jamie Pow look at the recent failure by the Northern Ireland parties to reach an agreement.
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The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association: Is there a role for it in the Northern Ireland Peace Process?
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association may well hold the realistic political and economic key to salvaging the Northern Ireland peace process and ensuring that Ireland as an island survives the challenges of Brexit post March 2019 says Dr John Coulter.
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The Northern Ireland/Ireland Border, Regulatory Alignment and Brexit
Professor David Phinnemore and Dr Katy Hayward look at some principles and options in light of the UK-EU Joint Report of 8 December 2017.
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McMindfulness: Buddhism as sold to you by neoliberals
When stripped of its ethics and emphasis on community, mindfulness actually slots scarily well into the neoliberal mindset says Dr Peter Doran.
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Brexit: Where are we now? Northern Ireland
Professor David Phinnemore sets out the state of play in the Brexit negotiations as seen from Northern Ireland.
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No deal at Stormont. Is Brexit to blame?
After the parties failed to reach a deal at Stormont this week, Jamie Pow and Prof John Garry look at the role Brexit may have played in this week’s negotiations.
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Broadcasting and Brexit
Broadcasting law has been influenced by the European Union for nearly three decades says Professor Daithi Mac Sithigh
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Public opinion in Northern Ireland: Brexit and the border
This article initially appeared in the UK in a Changing Europe’s Brexit and Public Opinion report.
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Hundred years of votes for women – but they still remain on the fringes of Irish politics
A century after suffrage, the goal of gender equality in representative politics on the island of Ireland has advanced, but has not been achieved says Dr Marie Coleman and Professor Yvonne Galligan.