471 research outputs found
Brexit has blown open the unreconciled divisions in Northern Ireland
The British and Irish governments have long tried to keep a lid on the tensions in Northern Ireland. But Brexit, argues Duncan Morrow (Ulster University) has exposed the weaknesses of the Good Friday and St Andrew's Agreements - deals that never required each side to give up their aims of ruling Northern Ireland alone. Now these unreconciled political narratives are ..
Walking away from the Good Friday Agreement may look easy. Picking up the pieces will take decades
Britain cannot leave the Single Market and customs union without destabilising the Good Friday Agreement. Duncan Morrow (University of Ulster) explains why Brexiters have identified the Agreement as the biggest single obstacle to their vision. Walking away from the Good Friday Agreement may look easy. Picking up the pieces could last a lifetime
Self and Other in Northern Ireland: The Challenge of Ethical Leadership in an Ethnic Conflict
Building Bridges: Supporting Peace- building through Funding Reconciliation – the Example of the IFI Community Bridges Programme
Review of the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Advisory Group on Tackling Sectarianism in Scotland
One country? No: Northern Ireland has always been treated differently
The DUP’s struggle to prevent special status for Northern Ireland has shaped Brexit negotiations for months, writes Duncan Morrow (Ulster University). At the heart of the DUP’s position is a single, apparently obvious demand: ‘We joined as one country and we will leave as one country’. On the surface, the logic seems impeccable: different treatment within the UK as a result of Brexit is both novel and dangerous for British sovereignty in Northern Ireland. Except that it has no basis in precedent
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