Northern Ireland

Opinion

Northern Ireland: A pawn in the new waiting game

Centre on Constitutional Change

Lisa Claire Whitten, Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast and the Post-Brexit Governance NI project, reacts to the latest developments around the Northern Ireland Protocol, writing tha

Opinion

Centennial dilemmas: Marking one hundred years of Northern Ireland

Jonathan Evershed

Jonathan Evershed, University College Cork, discusses the UK government's plans for the centenary of Northern

Opinion

Is Tory unionism the greatest obstacle to Brexit?

Michael Kenny

‘I didn’t know it would break the United Kingdom’.

Opinion

Brexit, Borders and Backstops

Michael Keating

The path to Brexit has once again been blocked, seemingly on the issue of the Irish border and the implications for the peace process launched by the Good Friday Agreement (GFA).

Opinion

Brexit and the Irish backstop: Where are we now?

Jonathan Evershed

Theresa May's public recognition of the realities of the Norther Irish border in her Commons speech withdrawing the Meaningful Vote was, says Jonathan Evershed, much too little and far too la

Opinion

Not with a bang but a whimper

Jonathan Evershed

As the DUP position shifts and Threatens Theresa May's working majority, Jonathan Evershed assesses the scope and limits of Unionist resistance to the Brexit backstop.

Opinion

Governing Northern Ireland without an Executive: Quick Fix or Constitutional Minefield?

Stephen Tierney

The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill, which arrives in the House of Lords today, is set to be enacted by way of fast-track legislative procedure this week.

Opinion

The Implications of Leaving the EU Customs Union

Centre on Constitutional Change

Keeping the Irish border open after Brexit is one of the key challenges that the UK and EU negotiation teams currently face.

Opinion

Northern Ireland Dominates the Brexit Stage

Richard Parry

As the buildup to the EU Council meeting reaches fever pitch, Richard Parry explains that deals at dawn may work in Brussels but they don't always play to the home crowd.

Opinion

Brexit Politicisation means Polarisation in Northern Ireland

Mary C. Murphy

The politicisation of Brexit, combined with deteriorating relations between London and Dublin, has created a toxic atmosphere in Northn Ireland, says Mary Murphy, which will require imaginati

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