A project examining how any future referendums on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland would be best designed and conducted.

The Belfast Agreement sets out rules for calling a unity referendum, but is vague on some details

Northern Irish parties' inconsistent stances on Europe are best explained by how they have navigated a multi-level political landscape before and after Brexit.

This book explores the European stances of three of Northern Ireland’s political parties, culminating in one of the most tumultuous episodes in recent UK, Irish, and European politics. It examines how...

The Irish and British governments have unveiled a new agreement on dealing with the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles.

This explainer examines the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights. It explores the role that...

What values and cultural tastes separate the professional managerial elite from middle-status folk in routine jobs &how is this driving contemporary politics?

YouTube video by DW News

Bastille Day. The sixth anniversary of the passing of my great friend, Robert Elgie. The very definition of the phrase “a gentleman and a scholar”. May he continue to sleep easy. https://t.co/JxKHfryrOP

Today the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn MP, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Fleur Anderson MP, attended the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in Hillsbo...

Secretary of State Hilary Benn will host Tánaiste Simon Harris and Irish Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan.

Assembly and Executive Review Committee, Tuesday 8 April 2025

By Professor John Garry , Queen’s University Belfast. Professor Brendan O’Leary , University of Pennsylvania. Dr Jamie Pow , Queen’s University Belfast & Dr Dawn Walsh , University College Dublin.   P...

Published in Irish Political Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Conor J. Kelly and Etain Tannam discuss the new Irish coalition’s programme for government and what it means for UK-Irish relations. They conclude that while the disagreements between London and Dublin that characterised the Brexit period are dissipating and political relationships have noticeably improved in recent years, several challenges remain which will require strict adherence to the structures of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

The British Prime Minister has found himself at the centre of efforts to bring about peace in Ukraine in recent days.