Framing Brexit, the Irish government and the shaping of the Backstop
Patrick Holden, University of Plymouth As the Brexit stand-off approaches its climax, the prospect of a Northern Ireland only backstop...
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Anthony Costello
Dec 3, 201810 min read
‘A NEW IRELAND, A NEW EUROPE’
ADDRESS BY SINN FÉIN PRESIDENT MARY LOU MCDONALD TD, IRISH ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, FRIDAY...
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Anthony Costello
Nov 21, 20186 min read
Lessons Learnt from The Withdrawal Agreement.
Etain Tannam, Trinity College Dublin The announcement of the Withdrawal Agreement on November 13th was a momentous occasion, regardless...
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Anthony Costello
Nov 21, 20181 min read
IACES Annual Lecture 2018
IACES Annual Lecture 2018 'A New Ireland in a New Europe' Mary Lou McDonald TD, President of Sinn Féin 11:00 - 12:30, Friday 30th...
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Anthony Costello
Nov 20, 20184 min read
Understanding the present through the past: History within school curricula and political narratives
John O'Callaghan, St. Angela's College, Sligo When historians entered the bear pit of daily politics before the Brexit referendum to...
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Anthony Costello
Nov 2, 20185 min read
Labour, ‘Lexit’ and European Integration
Patrick Holden, University of Plymouth All eyes are on Jeremy Corbyn at the moment as Theresa May’s travails continue. The Labour party...
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Anthony Costello
Sep 28, 20185 min read
The Ghost at the Feast: The Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly and the Brexit backstop
Jonathan Evershed, University College Cork It is difficult to conclude that the recent Salzburg summit of EU leaders was anything short...
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Anthony Costello
Sep 13, 20186 min read
Myth and Narrative in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary
Michael Toomey, Reading University Since the victory of Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party in the 2010 Parliamentary elections, much...
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Anthony Costello
Aug 9, 20184 min read
Hard Brexit, No Deal and the Northern Ireland Backstop: What Next for Brexit Negotiations?
Kathryn Simpson Manchester Metropolitan University Brexit (still) means Brexit. Yet, the problem the UK Prime Minister Theresa May faces...
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Anthony Costello
Jul 13, 20185 min read
Reality Bites? The Political Economy of May’s evolving Brexit policy
Patrick Holden, University of Plymouth The role of economic forces in shaping the UK’s Brexit policy seems to have been a classic case of...
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Anthony Costello
Jul 3, 20187 min read
PESCO Goes Live: June 2018 European Council Decisions on Defence Collaboration
Amelia Hadfield, Director of European Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University and Christopher Logie, research analyst at the...
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Anthony Costello
Jun 26, 20185 min read
Divisions within European Union continue to widen when it comes to migration and asylum policy
Aideen Elliott, Maynooth University Despite the fact that the number of people arriving in Europe to look for international protection...
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Anthony Costello
Jun 19, 20185 min read
Brexit, Blazing Saddles and Borderlands
Gavin Barrett, University College Dublin Tony Blair once famously compared then British Prime Minister David Cameron’s badly...
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Anthony Costello
Jun 13, 20188 min read
The European Union and the Western Balkans: Enlargement or Further Drift?
John O’Brennan, Maynooth University On Tuesday, 12 June, Greece and Macedonia announced a historic compromise in their decades-long...
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IACES
May 9, 20184 min read
Brexit and the future of PEACE funding in Northern Ireland
Giada Lagana, NUI Galway For over 20 years, the EU has provided dedicated funding for cross-border programmes which support peace and...
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IACES
May 8, 20184 min read
Why can-kicking isn’t going to solve Brexit
Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey & Deputy Director of the ESRC’s UK in a Changing Europe A recognised staple of any political...
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IACES
Feb 19, 20184 min read
The Migration (Policy) Crisis hasn’t gone away
By Aideen Elliott, Maynooth University Since the summer of 2015 when the refugee and migration crisis was at its height, the European...
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IACES
Jan 8, 20184 min read
Wake Up and Smell the ‘Brexino’?
By Janice Morphet, University College London How far have the events since the beginning of November, or perhaps since Theresa May’s...
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IACES
Nov 8, 20176 min read
Ireland and the Marshall Plan: Reflections 70 years On
By Professor Bernadette Whelan, Associate Professor Emeritae, University of Limerick History, both domestic and international, is...
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