The Centre for Cross Border Studies has published a response to the UK Government’s position paper ‘Northern Ireland and Ireland.’ Please click on the link below to view the response. CCBS Response to the UK Govt position paper
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Centre for Cross Border Studies Statement on UK Government’s Position Paper on Northern Ireland and Ireland
The Centre for Cross Border Studies issues summary statement on the UK Government’s position paper on Northern Ireland and Ireland to be considered during the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. Copy of statement
Read MoreCCBS Brexit Blog Update Issue 1
Centre for Cross Border Studies Deputy Director Anthony Soares gives a brief Brexit update from the team’s weekly meeting below. The island of Ireland is most at risk from the UK’s decision to leave the EU and ‘flexible and imaginative solutions’ will be needed. CCBS has published its own proposal through its recent Briefing Paper which […]
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 MoreCCBS Report: The negotiations for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union
This report evaluates how relations within the island of Ireland, and between the island of Ireland and Great Britain are framed within the approaches to the negotiations being taken by the main players involved, and suggests how to safeguard North-South and East-West relations in the post-Brexit context using the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement as a […]
Read MoreCCBS Director interviewed by EuroNews: “Peace Process In Northern Ireland Could Well Be At Risk”
Centre for Cross Border Studies Direct Ruth Taillon was interviewed by EuroNews on the 23rd June 2017 in Belfast. In the interview, Ms Taillon gave a background of the Peace Process and the effect which Brexit may have on it. Ms Taillon underlined the dangers of undermining the Good Friday agreement and threat to community relations […]
Read MoreGood Practice in Cross-Border Cooperation in the Irish Border Region.
Event Date 20 June 2017. The Centre for Cross Border Studies was delighted to welcome guests to the Canal Court in Newry 20th June 2017 for a seminar on ‘Good Practice in the Cross-Border Cooperation in the Irish Border Region’. The seminar, part of an international study visit for participants in a project funded by […]
Read MoreCCBS Publications included in N.I Assembly Library Research Publication: ‘Brexit and Northern Ireland: A Reading List’
The Northern Ireland Assembly Library has just published a 29-page Brexit reading list that includes a large number of The Centre for Cross Border Studies publications. The full reading list is available below. Research and Information Service Briefing Paper For Brexit reports, publications, events and new articles visit the Centre’s Brexit page available through the following […]
Read MoreCCBS Director Ruth Taillon attends All-Island Sectoral Dialogue on Brexit “The North West and Wider Border Region”
The Irish Government’s All-Island Sectoral Dialogue on Brexit is continuing. CCBS Director Ruth Taillon attended the most recent consultation event on Monday 22 May in Letterkenny. This event, which attracted 160 participants, was focussed specifically on the North West and the Wider Border Region. Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council made […]
Read More“Centre for Cross Border Studies meeting with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Written Statement”
‘‘The future of community, social and economic development and cooperation in border counties” Statement by the Centre for Cross Border Studies” has been prepared by Deputy Director of the Centre for Cross Border Studies Dr Anthony Soares and Members of the Board of the Centre for Cross Border Studies,Dr Katy Hayward and Mr Philip McDonagh . […]
Read MoreCCBS Deputy Director, Anthony Soares, contributes to a special Brexit edition of journal
Anthony Soares, Deputy Director of the Centre for Cross Border Studies, contributed to a special edition on Brexit of the Journal for Contemporary European Research, with an article entitled “Living Within and Outside Unions: the consequences of Brexit for Northern Ireland”. The article considers the possible consequences of Brexit for Northern Ireland. It begins by […]
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