Previous Events

CCBS organised a successful information session in Leinster House on the 16th of May, hosted by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. With political representatives and senior policy-makers from both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, as well as the Swiss and Norwegian Ambassadors to Ireland and senior staff from the French Embassy […]

The lecture given on Tuesday 16 May 2017 by Professor Aidan O’Sullivan in Armagh Robinson Library.  Organised by the Centre for Cross Border Studies and the Library, this was the second annual lecture organised collaboratively by the two institutions. Professor O’Sullivan lectures at UCD School of Archaeology, University College Dublin. Speaking in advance of his lecture, […]

CCBS Director Ruth Taillon was guest speaker at a seminar on Thursday 4 May, “Doing Research in a Brexit Environment” at the School of Business & Humanities Research Day. The slides for her presentation, “Research and the Challenges of Brexit” are available here: Research & Brexit Presentation

CCBS Director Ruth Taillon was guest speaker at a meeting of the United Nations Association (Northern Ireland) on Wed 3 May. Her talk focused on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace & Security and the work being done under the Irish Government’s National Action Plan. The slides for her presentation are available here Presentation […]

24 April 2017, 11.00am – 12.30pm – Online!  Delivered by Citizens Advice this online session provides a basic overview and introduction to welfare reform, including Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and the mitigations package. This will enable participants to answer general queries, recognise when a client or service user may not be claiming what they […]

The workshop, organised by the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) and the Centre for Cross Border Studies (CCCB), took place at Queen’s University in Belfast and was attended by 40 participants. Parts of the workshop were broadcast live and followed by over 300 viewers online. The workshop was organised in the framework of the project […]

On 23rd February 2017 Annmarie O’Kane spoke at the Stronger Together Brexit Conference, which took place in STEP, Dungannon. Annmarie briefly outlined the technical aspects of the process of leaving the EU and presented a number of possible scenarios based on already existing arrangements between other countries and EU. Using data from a recently prepared […]

The Centre for Cross Border Studies’ 2017 Annual Conference took place at the Armagh City Hotel on Thursday 23 & Friday 24 February 2017. It facilitated wide-ranging and informed discussions on the theme of  Building and maintaining relationships: within, across and beyond these islands after the Referendum. The Centre was delighted to welcome speakers and attendees […]

CCBS Director Ruth Taillon and CCBS Deputy Director Anthony Soares presented oral evidence to the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Sovereign Matters at a special session in Belfast on 23 January. The Committee was interested in the implications of Brexit for Ireland, as well as Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. In particular, […]