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Constitutionally Sound episode 11: Northern Ireland after the election

In this episode of Constitutionally Sound, our host Nicola McEwen is joined by Katy Hayward, Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast and a Senior Fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe, and David McCann, Deputy Editor of Slugger O’Toole and lecturer in Politics and Government at Ulster University for a fascinating discussion on Northern Ireland and the 2022 Assembly elections.

They reflect on the results; the Alliance ‘surge’ and where those votes have come from; what the results might mean for the Protocol and how that might play out next; and what might be next for Northern Ireland itself.

Tune in for this and more from our guests.

Our guests

Katy Hayward is Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast and a Senior Fellow of the UK in a Changing Europe thinktank, where she leads a major project on the future and status of Northern Ireland after Brexit. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an Eisenhower Fellow and a Fellow in the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University. 

Katy is an internationally-recognised expert on Brexit and Northern Ireland and Ireland, particularly on the Irish border, and has given evidence before parliamentary committees in the UK, Ireland and EU. She has presented widely on Brexit to media, policy, civic and academic audiences.

David McCann is a political commentator and writer. He is Deputy Editor of Slugger O’Toole, a news and online portal which takes a critical look at various strands of political politics in Ireland and Britain, and is a regular commentator on BBC Radio Ulster

David is a lecturer in Politics and Government at the University of Ulster, where he also holds a PhD in North-South relations.

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