The Centre for Cross Border Studies begins a new Briefing Paper Series on ‘Brexit and UK-Ireland border’. The series consists of five papers, to be published on our website in the next few months, and develops an overview of the likely effects of Brexit on the future of the UK-Ireland land border. The present publication […]
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Cross-border Student Mobility in Third Level Education: An Update
This briefing paper is an update of our ongoing work on cross-border student mobility in third level education, taking into account the present dynamic and uncertain context of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. The full paper is available here.
Read MoreThe Centre for Crossborder Studies Publishes an Update of its Briefing Paper on ‘Brexit and Economic Development’
In the run-up to the United Kingdom’s referendum on membership of the European Union in June 2016, the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCBS) and Co-operation Ireland published a series of five briefing papers. These papers aimed to inform debate by exploring the potential impacts of an eventual Brexit on Northern Ireland and North-South relations. […]
Read MoreThe Centre for Cross Border Studies publishes Brexit Briefing Paper ‘Flexible and Imaginative solutions’
This Briefing Paper considers the ‘Flexible and Imaginative solutions’ which may have to be explored post-Brexit and recommends that the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement should become a framework enabling the post-Brexit flow of people, goods and services between the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, and between the island of Ireland and Great Britain, avoiding the […]
Read MoreBrexit and UK-Irish Relations
This Briefing Paper considers the implications of the UK’s decision to leave the EU to UK-Irish and North-South relations. It is a background document to the evidence the Centre for Cross Border Studies will be giving to the House of Lords EU Select Committee as part of its inquiry into UK-Irish relations and Brexit. For […]
Read MoreThe UK Referendum on EU Membership: Economic Development
Leading up to the referendum, the Centre for Cross Border Studies and Co-operation Ireland are publishing a series of briefing papers which aim to inform debate by exploring the potential impacts on Northern Ireland and North-South relations. In this fifth and last paper in our series we will consider the question of economic development. However, […]
Read MoreThe UK Referendum on Membership of the EU: Citizen Mobility
Leading up to the referendum, the Centre for Cross Border Studies and Co-operation Ireland are publishing a series of briefing papers which aim to inform debate by exploring the potential impacts on Northern Ireland and North-South relations. This fourth paper in the series considers the issue of the free movement of citizens within the EU […]
Read MoreEU Referendum Briefing Note: Informing the Debate
The upcoming referendum on the United Kingdom’s continued membership of the European Union is, arguably, the single most important decision that UK citizens have been asked to make in a generation. This view is maintained by Prime Minster David Cameron, for whom, the referendum presents “a huge decision for country, perhaps the biggest we will […]
Read MoreThe UK Referendum on Membership of the EU: Cross-Border Cooperation, Peace-Building and Regional Development
Leading up to the referendum, the Centre for Cross Border Studies and Co-operation Ireland are publishing a series of briefing papers which aim to inform debate by exploring the potential impacts on Northern Ireland and North-South relations. This third paper in the series considers the role the European Union has played in supporting crossborder cooperation that […]
Read MoreBorder People Briefing: Free movement of people and the UK EU Referendum
The UK referendum on continued membership of the EU will take place on 23rd June 2016. One of the key issues imbedded in the referendum is the UK’s intention to limit the free movement of people, one of the EU’s four principal freedoms, together with the free movement of goods, services and capital. With the […]
Read MoreThe Potential Implications of Brexit for Cross-Border Bodies
CCBS provided a policy seminar on “The Potential Implications of Brexit for Cross-Border Bodies”, held in Dublin on 28 April 2016. Gathering members of the Advisory Board of SafeFood, as well as stakeholders of cross-border implementation bodies, the seminar examined the extent to which policy and regulatory divergence between the two jurisdictions on the island […]
Read MoreCCBS and Cooperation Ireland publish second EU Referendum Briefing Paper
In the run-up to the referendum, the Centre for Cross Border Studies and Co-operation Ireland are publishing a series of briefing papers which aim to inform debate by exploring the potential impacts on Northern Ireland and North-South relations. The first paper in this series provided an overview of the potential consequences of a ‘leave’ vote […]
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