Tag: Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland: the challenge of public opinion
Professors John Coakley and John Garry share the results from a major new survey into how the Northern Ireland electorate voted at the recent UK referendum on EU membership.
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Northern Ireland and Brexit: Struggling and divided over ‘what next’
As some politicians voice concern about Brexit, Professor David Phinnemore assesses some of the key challenges posed by Brexit for Northern Ireland and how Northern Ireland political parties have reacted to the result of the EU referendum.
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The spectre of a hard border is not just an Irish problem, it looms across Europe
Following the recent referendum on UK membership of the EU, negotiators aim to avoid a new “hard border” between Northern Ireland and Ireland. However, as Dr Katy Hayward suggests, their efforts will inevitably be shaped by a wider trend that has seen a tightening of border security around and within the EU.
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Lessons from Northern Ireland: don’t put Islamist extremists in special prison units
Dr Michelle Butler looks at the UK policy of using specialised prison units to prevent radicalisation among Islamist extremists and challenges the wisdom of such an approach based on the use of such units for Irish Republican and Loyalist prisoners in Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland prepares to enter a post-Brexit quagmire
Professor David Phinnemore looks at what happens next for Northern Ireland following the leave victory in the UK referendum on EU membership.
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What does the 23 June mean for Northern Ireland specifically? Legal Perspectives no 2: Peace
In the second of three blogs on the legal implications of a Brexit on Northern Ireland, Professor Dagmar Schiek looks at the role of the EU in the Northern Ireland peace process and highlights the barriers for continuing this process without the common membership of the UK and Ireland in the EU.
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EU Referendum: Border impact of a Brexit on Northern Ireland
In the latest of a series of QPol articles around the forthcoming UK referendum on EU membership, Professor Dagmar Schiek asks what does the 23 June mean for Northern Ireland specifically in terms of border issues and highlights some legal truths that are being neglected in the debate.
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NI 2016: Centenaries and Forgotten Decennials, Elections and Disenfranchised Millennials
In a follow up to his recent article on election cynicism and disaffection among the so-called Good Friday Agreement Generation, Dr Peter McLoughlin takes a look at this growing disenfranchisement and its impact on the recent Assembly election results and its potential impact on the forthcoming UK referendum on EU membership.
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Brexit and the Economic Implications for Northern Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast was the venue this week for Northern Ireland’s largest public debate on the economic implications of a Brexit where Dr Edgar Morgenroth shared his thoughts and research findings of how a “leave” vote could impact on the Northern Ireland economy.
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Why We Need to Stop Being Squeamish about Bowel Cancer Screening
With the return of Bowel Cancer Awareness month, Dr Helen Coleman looks at the rise in diagnoses of bowel cancer and asks why are we so reluctant to be screened despite the programmes available?