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Diverse voices call for inclusive deliberation on our constitutional future

Monday, 24 July 2023

Who are the diverse voices on the island and how can constitutional discussion and deliberation facilitate their inclusion and participation?

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What’s in a name? ‘Nordies’ and ‘Mexicans’

Thursday, 13 July 2023

What terms can trigger? How have identities been shaped or reshaped since the Troubles, by the telly, RTÉ, BBC and social media? Is there an invisible cultural border? Just some of the questions that emerged at ‘Nordies...

ARINS - Analysis and Research: Ireland North and South

‘It is not as simple as Catholics voting for a united Ireland and Protestants voting against’

Monday, 10 July 2023

Focus group conversations about Irish unity conducted by ARINS and The Irish Times reveal information gaps on both sides of the Border, but also a willingness to change minds. Article published in The Irish Times 10...

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ARINS Podcast 24: The Tapestry of International Human Rights Law in Ireland and Northern Ireland

Thursday, 6 July 2023

Profs. Kathryn McNeilly, and Aoife O’Donoghue from Queens University Belfast’s School of Law share their research examining legal equivalence in Human Rights law in Ireland and Northern Ireland with our host Rory...

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ARINS/The Irish Times survey results

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Two polls, conducted simultaneously in Northern Ireland and the Republic, examined voters’ attitudes to a possible united Ireland and referendums on the issue. These polls are part of the North and South series, a joint...

ARINS - Analysis and Research: Ireland North and South

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: Are they really “other”?

Friday, 2 June 2023

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland proudly regards itself as “other” in relation to Northern Ireland’s nationalist versus unionist division. It claims to take no position on Northern Ireland’s constitutional future...

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ARINS Podcast 23: Northern Ireland's Local Elections: Looking at a new political landscape

Thursday, 1 June 2023

In this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery is joined by Philip McGuinness, lecturer in the Department of Computing Science and Mathematics at Dundalk Institute of Technology, to discuss the results of the local...

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ARINS Podcast 22: Education across the island of Ireland

Thursday, 4 May 2023

In this, our first episode exploring education north and south, Devlin explores how economic background impacts educational attainment and the way in which education in turn impacts the labour market north and south.

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The future of cross-border cooperation in the arts – article published in ISIA

Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Steven Hadley and Sophie Woodley's article, entitled 'The Future of Cross-Border Cooperation in the Arts: Research and Policy Findings from Ireland and Northern Ireland' has been published in Irish Studies in...

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