In light of the current public health crisis relating to Covid-19, and as part of the Centre for Cross Border Studies’ ongoing research into the impact of the virus on the island of Ireland and the connections between the two jurisdictions, this Briefing Paper outlines the main ranges of supports that have been introduced to […]
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Briefing Paper: The impacts of COVID-19 on cross-border tourism on the island of Ireland: A snapshot
In light of the current public health crisis relating to Covid-19, and as part of the Centre for Cross Border Studies’ ongoing research into the impact of the virus on the island of Ireland and the connections between the two jurisdictions, this Briefing Paper briefly examines the pandemic’s effect on all-island tourism. In order to […]
Read MoreBriefing Paper: Approaches to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Bordering on (non-) cooperation
This Briefing Paper is intended to offer some initial considerations on the extent to which existing or new channels of cross-border cooperation have been successfully activated in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Beginning with an overview of the collaborative tendencies observable on […]
Read MoreCCBS submits evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Submission to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s Inquiry into the New Decade, New Approach Agreement This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the New Decade, New Approach Agreement. The submission is available to view here!!
Read MoreSubmission to the Strategic Review of Irish-Scottish Relations
CCBS responds to joint strategic review on Irish-Scottish relations CCBS submitted a response to the Irish and Scottish Governments’ consultation on their joint strategic review of Irish-Scottish relations. The review is taking place in the changed context brought about by the UK’s departure from the EU, and is seen by both Governments as an opportunity […]
Read MoreThe need for regulatory cross-border territorial impact assessment: Challenges at the Ireland-Northern Ireland border
The purpose of this Briefing Paper is to highlight the urgent need for policy-makers, decision-makers and legislators to assess the impact of a proposed policy, regulation, strategy or law, for example, on their jurisdiction’s borders, and to assess how their implementation has affected the socio-economic conditions of citizens in a border region.1 To undertake such […]
Read MoreBriefing Paper: The UK Government’s proposals for an amended Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
The Centre for Cross Border Studies has published a Briefing Paper setting out its assessment of the UK Government’s latest proposals to amend the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, and the extent to which they are compatible with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and avoid the creation of new borders within or between these islands as the […]
Read MoreSubmission to the Working Group on Parliamentary Privilege and Citizens’ Rights
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the Houses of the Oireachtas’ Working Group on Parliamentary Privilege and Citizens’ Rights, as it reviews the Houses’ procedures in the light of recent judgements by the Supreme Court. Download the Submission now!!
Read MoreSubmission to the House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee’s inquiry on discontinuing seasonal changes of time, and what such a proposal may entail in the context of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Download the Submission here!!
Read MoreCCBS responds to consultation on Interim Report on Alternative Arrangements for the post-Brexit UK-Ireland border
CCBS has responded to the consultation on the Interim Report published by the Prosperity UK Alternative Arrangements Commission on the 24th June 2019. The Interim Report is part of a process that Prosperity UK describes as one that “can help break the Brexit impasse and enable all parties to agree a way forward that ensures […]
Read MoreBriefing Paper: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and (post-Brexit) cross-border environmental cooperation
This Briefing Paper, which forms part of the Centre for Cross Border Studies’ ongoing work into the potential consequences of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union for North-South and cross-border cooperation, has been prompted by the April 2019 publication of an important report commissioned by the Environmental Pillar in conjunction with Northern Ireland Environment […]
Read MoreCCBS Submission to the Public Consultation on the Draft RSES for the NWRA
This response has been prepared by the Centre for Cross Border Studies as a contribution to the Northern and Western Regional Assembly’s public consultation on the Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Northern and Western Region. Submission available here.
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