Tag: Good Friday Agreement
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PEACE – More than a word
As Northern Ireland prepares to mark 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, Joe Coulter reflects on his experiences and understandings of growing up in a largely peaceful society
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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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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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Finding a way back to the EU
The Good Friday Agreement contains a mechanism that would allow Northern Ireland to return to the European Union. The EU has confirmed that this will be automatic. Yet this remains a neglected aspect of current constitutional conversations. It is likely that the appetite for this discussion will intensify in the years ahead, linked to Brexit…
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The British-Irish centre ground in a British-Irish crisis
One hundred years on from its formation, can Northern Ireland become a ‘normal’ society? Dr Katy Hayward explores the potential for a centre ground and the meaning of normality in Northern Ireland.
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Achieving a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland in the wake of Brexit
Dr Anne Smith from Ulster University and Professor Colin Harvey explore how Brexit might prove a constitutional moment for a rights-based approach to good governance in Northern Ireland, leading to the adoption of a Bill of Rights.
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Mutual Respect for Constitutional Differences?
If politics in this region is to be put back together again there is much wisdom to be found in the existing Good Friday Agreement says Professor Colin Harvey.
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A Northern Ireland border poll
The prospect of a vote in Northern Ireland on Irish unity – a border poll, as it is often called – is more and more discussed. The Constitution Unit has published a report by Alan Whysall, Senior Honorary Research Associate of the Unit, which aims to set out the key issues, and stimulate discussion.
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Beyond Brexit: Potential Fallout for ‘Others’ in Northern Ireland’s Power-Sharing Agreement
Considering that 20 years have passed since the signing of the GFA, the hopes of achieving equality of treatment in a post-Brexit world for groups and individuals who prefer, or do not mobilise around sectarian issues, seems even less likely says Dr Timofey Agarin and Dr Drew Mikhael.
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Is Brexit Propelling Northern Ireland towards Irish Unity?
This article by Dr Katy Hayward is part of an ongoing blog series ‘Brexit Countdown’ by the Political Studies Association (PSA) and Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI).