Tag: Irish border
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Northern Ireland protocol explainer: Why the UK government’s plan to change it violates international law
Dr Billy Melo Araujo looks at the implications of the UK government’s Northern Ireland protocol bill.
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Northern Ireland’s MPs: their influence on Brexit
Northern Ireland’s 18 MPs find themselves in a Parliament beholden to Johnson, but are the strategies of their parties likely to make any difference to Northern Ireland’s Brexit fortunes asks Dr Katy Hayward.
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The Border into Brexit
Perspectives from Local Communities in the Central Border Region of Ireland/Northern Ireland – a new report by Dr Katy Hayward
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The biggest obstacle to a workable backstop alternative lies not in the EU, but the UK
With the pressure on the Prime Minister to propose a viable alternative to the backstop, Dr Katy Hayward summarises the options and challenges of alternative arrangements.
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Boris, Brexit, and the Border: An incendiary mix
The Irish border has become something of a potential tripwire for Boris Johnson’s premiership says Dr Katy Hayward
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Brexit, Tourism and the border
This summer has seen a slump in tourism in the southern border counties. Dr Lisa Wilson of the Nevin Economic Research Institute describes the impact that the current Brexit approach is already having on the tourism sector in Ireland.
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Why is the UK planning to cut tariffs on most imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit?
Dr Billy Melo Araujo provides some answers to help explain the UK’s contingency plans to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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What is the backstop?
The ‘backstop’, the ‘Irish backstop’, the ‘Northern Ireland backstop’, the ‘temporary backstop’, the ‘all-weather backstop’… that ‘bloody backstop’. Everybody has heard of the backstop says Professor David Phinnemore.
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Avoiding a hard Irish border: Time to move from magical thinking to specific solutions
Progress on the issue of Northern Ireland/Ireland must be made before the European Council summit in June 2018 says Dr Katy Hayward.
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The Irish border as a Brexit bargaining chip: a rejoinder to Legatum
In the first of two related articles, Dr Katy Hayward looks at the Legatum Institute’s Special Trade Commission paper on Brexit and the Irish border issue.