11 May 2022
The Northern Ireland Assembly election of May 2022 was transformational, despite very small shifts in the magnitudes of seats won by the two dominant blocs.
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Authoritative, independent and non-partisan analysis and research on constitutional, institutional and policy options for Ireland, north and south in a post-Brexit context.
ARINS is a joint project of The Royal Irish Academy, an all-island body, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs, a research institute of international standing. We seek to engage recognised experts across the spectrum of disciplines, perspectives and points of view, inviting contributions in the form of academic papers, blog posts, and proposals for partnerships.
Research and analysis focuses on three broad areas:
- Political, constitutional and legal questions
- Economic, financial, social and environmental questions
- Cultural and educational questions
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Blog
29 March 2022
In today's ARINS blog, Vicky Conway examines how policing in a united Ireland might coordinate questions of governance, oversight and accountability to explore how our police might better guard and serve.
08 March 2022
In today’s ARINS blog, Brian O'Conchubhair considers the contentious political debates surrounding language in the context of a potential political realignment of the island of Ireland.
ARINS podcast series
In this podcast series host Rory Montgomery talks to ARINS authors about their analysis of the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south, post-Brexit.
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News and Events
14 July 2022
In the Republic the Good Friday Agreement is seen as a towering achievement of Irish diplomacy and statecraft. But while the public and politicians are mostly spared the direct consequences of the failure of the Agreement to fulfil all of its promise, they are aware that it is not working as it should.
This blog post is one of a four part series for Fortnight magazine.
Rory Montgomery
12 July 2022
Attitude surveys tend to show that public opinion in Northern Ireland, on the political future, has shifted significantly in the aftermath of the UK’s 2016 Brexit referendum, but there are significant differences between polls on the scale of this change.
John Doyle
07 July 2022
In this episode Tobias Lock and Aoife O’Donoghue discuss the lessons learned from German Unification and how we might best apply them.
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ARINS is a joint project of The Royal Irish Academy, an all-island body, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs, a research institute of international standing. We seek to engage recognised experts across the spectrum of disciplines, perspectives and points of view, inviting contributions in the form of academic papers, blog posts, and proposals for partnerships.