The Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland: Volume 19 2024

Contents

Foreword 
Peter Osborne

Introduction
Anthony Soares, Ruth Taillon and Andy Pollak

Along the Catalan and Irish borders: Politics of memory and progress through good manners
Colm Tóibín

Rethinking Regional Renewal: Towards a cross‐border economic development zone in Ireland
John Bradley and Michael Best

North‐South Cooperation Between Civil Society Bodies: Still disappointingly under developed
Andy Pollak

Towards a Border Development Zone 
Philip McDonagh and Maureen O’Reilly

Ireland, Northern Ireland and Britain in the EU: A Brussels perspective
Tom Hanney

Brexit and the Border Corridor on the Island of Ireland: Risks, opportunities and issues to consider
Eoin Magennis, Andrew Parker and Laura Heery

The Towards a New Common Chapter Project: Assessing the commitment to cross‐border cooperation at the grassroots
Anthony Soares

Into the Unknown: Implementing the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol 
Colin R.G. Murray and Clare A.G. Rice

The totality of relationships? Hard truths instead of comfortable lies
Sarah Creighton

This year’s edition of The Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland – the nineteenth – is published in the year the Centre for Cross Border Studies marks its 25th anniversary.

To mark this important milestone we, as former and current Directors of the Centre, have come together to reflect on our times leading this organisation in the pursuit of its core mission to support improved cross‐border cooperation as an integral part of the ongoing peace and reconciliation process on the island of Ireland.

One of the tasks that we have all shared as Directors is the publication of this Journal.

The Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland has become a rich repository of insights into the building and maintaining of relations and cooperation that cross borders.

While many of the articles published over the years have had a focus on North‐South cooperation, others have looked at cooperation and relations between the island of Ireland and Great Britain, as well as between these islands and Europe.

The Journal has not only shared experiences of cross‐border cooperation on the island on which the Centre of Cross Border Studies is based, but it has also reflected on and shared the learning gained from cooperation that crosses other borders.