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The UK and Ireland: The UK's Referendum on EU Membership

26 May 2016

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PDF icon Implications for UK-Ireland Relations PDF icon Implications for NI Higher Education Sector

A joint initiative of the RIA and the British Academy to consider the implications of a potential UK withdrawal from the EU. 

In March 2016 the Royal Irish Academy and the British Academy jointly convened two high-level meetings to consider the implications of a potential UK withdrawal from the EU.

The first meeting, convened in London on 1 March, considered the implications for UK-Ireland relations

The second meeting, convened in Belfast on 11 March, considered the implications for the Northern Ireland Higher Education Sector

Both meetings were conducted under the Chatham House Rule.

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