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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 6 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 7 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 8 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2017
- 6 min
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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IACES
- Apr 17, 2017
- 4 min
Brexit may take centre-stage as the starting gun is fired in the UK general election
By John O’Brennan, Maynooth University The decision by UK Prime Minister Theresa May to ask the House of Commons to vote on whether to...
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IACES
- Apr 16, 2017
- 4 min
Taoiseach addresses the Brexit challenge
By John O’Brennan, Maynooth University (Originally posted 16 February 2017) A week of domestic political turbulence in Ireland was...
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IACES
- Apr 14, 2017
- 4 min
How MEPs Can Influence the Brexit Process
By Francis Jacobs, European Parliament (retired) and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, UCD (Originally published 14 April 2017) The...
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IACES
- Apr 14, 2017
- 4 min
Irish Concerns Acknowledged in European Parliament Resolution on Brexit
By Francis Jacobs, European Parliament (retired) and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, UCD The European Parliament has now adopted its...
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