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The Royal Irish AcademyARINS My Identity: Episode 7 with Jess MajekodunmiIn this episode of ‘My Identity’ Professor Colin Graham (Maynooth) is in conversation with Jess Majekodunmi. Jess Majekodunmi is Managing Director of the Human Sciences Studio at Accenture, a Member of the Board of Directors at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and a champion of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The My Identity series is hosted by Professor Colin Graham, Maynooth. In this series, Colin is in conversation with a range of people whose ideas, work and life experiences shed light on the topic of identity on the Island of Ireland. My Identity is part of the ARINS proj...
2025-11-2635 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: For and Against a United IrelandIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery chat to Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride about their recent ARINS publication: For and Against a United Ireland.  The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than at any point since partition in 1921. Voters on both sides of the Irish border may soon have to confront for themselves what the answer to a referendum question would mean - for themselves, for their neighbours, and for their society. Journalists Fintan O'Toole and Sam McBride examine the strongest arguments for and against a united Ireland. What do the wor...
2025-11-101h 02The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS Podcast 47: For and Against a United IrelandIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery chat to Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride about their recent ARINS publication: For and Against a United Ireland. The prospect of Irish unification is now stronger than at any point since partition in 1921. Voters on both sides of the Irish border may soon have to confront for themselves what the answer to a referendum question would mean - for themselves, for their neighbours, and for their society. Journalists Fintan O'Toole and Sam McBride examine the strongest arguments for and against a united Ireland. What do the words 'united Ireland' even mean...
2025-11-061h 02The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS My Identity: Episode 6 with Leo VaradkarIn this episode of ‘My Identity’ Professor Colin Graham (Maynooth) is in conversation with Leo Varadkar. Leo Varadkar was Taoiseach of Ireland from 2017 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2024. During the thirteen years he spent in cabinet, he held many positions across the Ministries of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Social Protection, and Health. After stepping down from political life in late 2024, he was appointed as a Hauser Leader at the Center for Public Leadership in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, a Board Member of Brussels based Care4Everybody and writes a column for the Sunday Times Irel...
2025-10-0747 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: A Review of Employment Law in Ireland, North and SouthIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery discusses the recent Irish Studies in International Affairs article, A Review of Employment Law in Ireland, North and South, with its authors Esther McGuinness (Ulster University), Desmond Ryan (Trinity College Dublin) and Rory O'Connell(Ulster University).   The article explores the evolution and current state of employment law across the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, a century after the 1920 Government of Ireland Act. It  examines how partition and constitutional changes have affected shared legal origins and  analyses collective and individual labour law, including health and safety, t...
2025-09-0457 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: European Perceptions of Scottish Independence Before and After BrexitIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery discusses the recent Irish Studies in International Affairs article, European Perceptions of Scottish Independence Before and After Brexit, with its authors Paul Anderson (Liverpool John Moore) and Coree Brown Swan (Stirling University).  The article examines European perceptions of Scottish independence before and after Brexit, focusing on the responses of EU institutions and member states. It explores how the EU’s position evolved across three key periods: the pre-Brexit years (2012–2015), the Brexit negotiation era (2016–2020) and the post-Brexit recalibration (2020–2024). It considers the implications for Scotland’s ongoing independence movement and its future rela...
2025-06-0551 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS My Identity: Episode 5 with Claire MitchellIn the fifth episode of ‘My Identity’ Professor Colin Graham (Maynooth) is in conversation with Claire Mitchell. Claire Mitchell is a writer and researcher from Belfast. She writes about people and everyday politics in Northern/Ireland, using interviews, memoir, archives and storytelling. Her latest book, The Ghost Limb: Alternative Protestants and the Spirit of 1798, was published in 2022. Clare was formerly a senior lecturer in Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast and holds a BA, PhD & post-doc in Politics from University College Dublin. In this episode, she discusses her identity and her work. This is episode 5 of the My Identity podcast series...
2025-05-221h 10The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Reform of Stormont, Options for DiscussionIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery discusses the recent UCL Constitution Unit report ‘Reform of Stormont: Options for Discussion’ with its authors, Conor Kelly, Alan Renwick and Alan Whysall. This is episode 44 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the need to regulate social media in referendums, education, cultural affairs and constitutional questions and the imperative for good data and th...
2025-05-0158 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Reform of Stormont, Options for DiscussionARINS: Reform of Stormont, Options for Discussion In this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery discusses the recent UCL Constitution Unit report ‘Reform of Stormont: Options for Discussion’ with its authors, Conor Kelly, Alan Renwick and Alan Whysall.  This is episode 44 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the need to regulate social med...
2025-05-0158 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS My Identily: Episode 4 with Lata SharmaThis is episode 4 of the My Identity podcast series hosted by Professor Colin Graham, Maynooth. In this series, Colin is in conversation with a range of people whose ideas, work and life experiences shed light on the topic of identity on the Island of Ireland. My Identity is part of the ARINS project. Colin Graham is Professor English and formerly Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Maynooth University. His books include Northern Ireland: Thirty Years of Photography, Deconstructing Ireland and Ideologies of Epic. He was editor of The Irish Review from 2004 to 2020. During the Brexit negotiations he created the...
2025-04-161h 00ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: the SDLP, Politics and PeaceIn this month’s ARINS podcast, former Deputy First Minister and leader of the SDLP, Mark Durkan discusses his political career with host Rory Montgomery. The conversation focuses on the recent book by Professor Graham Spencer, The SDLP, Politics and Peace: the Mark Durkan interviews which was published in 2024 by Peter Lang.  This is episode 43 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics...
2025-04-0356 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: The SDLP, Politics and PeaceIn this month’s ARINS podcast, former Deputy First Minister and leader of the SDLP, Mark Durkan discusses his political career with host Rory Montgomery. The conversation focuses on the recent book by Professor Graham Spencer, The SDLP, Politics and Peace: the Mark Durkan interviews which was published in 2024 by Peter Lang. This is episode 43 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; th...
2025-04-0256 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS My Identity: Episode 3 with Manchán MaganIn the third episode of ‘My Identity’ Professor Colin Graham (Maynooth) is in conversation with Manchán Magan. This episode is a recording of a public conversation which took place in Dublin on 4 February 2025. Manchán Magan has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America. He writes occasionally for The Irish Times, and presents the Almanac of Ireland podcast for RTÉ. He has made dozens of documentaries on issues of world culture for TG4, RTÉ, & Travel Channel. His books include Thirty-Two Words For Field, Listen to the Land Speak, Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Words For Natu...
2025-03-1955 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS/Irish Times Survey ResultsIn this month’s ARINS podcast, Professor Brendan O’Leary (UPenn), Professor John McGarry (QUB), Dr Dawn Walsh (UCD) and Dr James Pow (QUB) together with host Rory Montgomery discuss the recently published results of surveys conducted in 2024.The discussion covers opinions on membership of NATO and the Commonwealth, attitudes towards immigration, the role of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference and emotional responses to potential constitutional change. More information on the surveys, including links to all recent publications and booking links for upcoming public discussions (Dublin 10 March, Belfast 13 March) can be found here: http...
2025-03-071h 00The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: ARINS/Irish Times survey results discussionIn this month’s ARINS podcast, Professor Brendan O’Leary (UPenn), Professor John McGarry (QUB), Dr Dawn Walsh (UCD) and Dr James Pow (QUB) together with host Rory Montgomery MRIA discuss the recently published results of surveys conducted in 2024. The discussion covers opinions on membership of NATO and the Commonwealth, attitudes towards immigration, the role of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference and emotional responses to potential constitutional change. More information on the surveys, including links to all recent publications and booking links for upcoming public discussions (Dublin 10 March, Belfast 13 March) can be found here: https://www.ria.ie/research-programmes/arins/arins-the-irish-times-north-and-south-surveys-2024-res...
2025-03-061h 00The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS My Identity: Episode 2 with Naomi Long, MLAIn the second episode of ‘My Identity’ Professor Colin Graham (Maynooth) is in conversation with NI Justice Minister and Leader of the Alliance Party, Naomi Long MLA. This episode is a recording of a public conversation which took place in Dublin on 6 December 2024. A lifelong resident of East Belfast, and politically active since her early twenties, Naomi first joined Belfast City Council as an Alliance Party councillor in 2001. She was subsequently elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly as MLA for East Belfast in 2003. After having the honour of serving as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2009 to 2010, she became the first Alli...
2025-02-201h 10ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Southern Irish ProtestantsIn this month’s ARINS podcast, Dr Ida Milne and Dr Ian d’Alton, with host Rory Montgomery, discuss the lives of Southern Irish Protestants, including their own experiences. The conversation focuses on their 2019 co-edited collection of essays, Protestant and Irish: The minority’s search for place in independent Ireland https://bit.ly/3Cous3i and Ian d’Alton’s 2024, Southern Irish Protestants: Histories, Lives and Literatures. Reviewed recently in the Irish Times: https://bit.ly/3EqdrX2  This is episode 41 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most si...
2025-02-0658 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Southern Irish ProtestantsIn this month’s ARINS podcast, Dr Ida Milne and Dr Ian d’Alton, with host Rory Montgomery, discuss the lives of Southern Irish Protestants, including their own experiences. The conversation focuses on their 2019 co-edited collection of essays, Protestant and Irish: The minority’s search for place in independent Ireland, https://bit.ly/3Cous3i and Ian d’Alton’s 2024, Southern Irish Protestants: Histories, Lives and Literatures. Reviewed recently in the Irish Times: https://bit.ly/3EqdrX2. This is episode 41 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the...
2025-02-0658 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS My Identity: Episode 1 with Gail McConnellIn the first episode of ‘My Identity’ Professor Colin Graham (Maynooth University) is in conversation with Dr Gail McConnell (QUB). Gail discusses her identity, and her uneasiness around discussing identity. The conversation explores themes including queerness, parenting, religion and the murder of Gail’s father and its resultant influence on her work. Gail is the author of The Sun is Open (Penned in the Margins, 2021), Northern Irish Poetry and Theology (Palgrave, 2014), and two pamphlets of poetry: Fothermather (Ink Sweat & Tears, 2019) and Fourteen (Green Bottle Press, 2018). Colin Graham is Professor English and formerly Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Maynooth Univer...
2025-01-2248 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Education Across the Island of IrelandIn this month's ARINS podcast Stephen Roulston and Martin Brown, with host Rory Montgomery, discuss education systems in Ireland. Their recent paper is 'A Century of Growing Apart and Challenges of Coming Together: Education Across the Island of Ireland'. Read the article in full here: https://bit.ly/3BCCZyX This is episode 40 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles...
2025-01-021h 00The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Education Across the Island of IrelandIn this month's ARINS podcast Stephen Roulston and Martin Brown, with host Rory Montgomery, discuss education systems in Ireland. Their recent paper is 'A Century of Growing Apart and Challenges of Coming Together: Education Across the Island of Ireland'. Read the article in full here: https://bit.ly/3BCCZyX This is episode 40 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the need to...
2024-12-191h 00ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Law and ReligionReligion has played a huge role in the history of Ireland and Northern Ireland. There has been little comparative analysis, however, of the legal elements of this topic. Prof Oran Doyle, Prof David Kenny & Prof Christopher McCrudden discuss, with host Rory Montgomery, their recent paper on the convergence and divergence in religious law on the Island of Ireland, North and South. Read more here: https://bit.ly/49e4tYf This is episode 39 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and s...
2024-12-0559 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Law and ReligionReligion has played a huge role in the history of Ireland and Northern Ireland. There has been little comparative analysis, however, of the legal elements of this topic. Prof Oran Doyle, Prof David Kenny & Prof Christopher McCrudden discuss, with host Rory Montgomery, their recent paper on the convergence and divergence in religious law on the Island of Ireland, North and South. Read more here: https://bit.ly/49e4tYf This is episode 39 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. H...
2024-12-0259 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Continuity and Change in NI's Trading RelationshipsThis episode, Birnie Esmond, Senior Economist in the Ulster University Business School discusses his recent paper 'Trading Places: Continuity and Change in Northern Ireland's Trading Relationships' with John FitzGerald, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Economics Trinity College Dublin, and host Rory Montgomery. The paper is available to read here: https://bit.ly/3NSWCFE This is episode 38 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border...
2024-11-0759 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Continuity and Change in NI's Trading RelationshipsThis episode, Birnie Esmond, Senior Economist in the Ulster University Business School discusses his recent paper 'Trading Places: Continuity and Change in Northern Ireland's Trading Relationships' with John FitzGerald, Adjunct Professor of the Department of Economics Trinity College Dublin, and host Rory Montgomery. The paper is available to read here: https://bit.ly/3NSWCFE This is episode 38 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on...
2024-11-0759 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Beyond Nationalism and UnionismIn this month's ARINS podcast host Rory Montgomery discusses the paper 'Beyond unionism and nationalism: do the ‘neithers’ want a border poll and a United Ireland?' with one of its authors, Jon Tonge, Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool. Read the article in full here: https://bit.ly/3XPHHkb This is episode 37 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the...
2024-10-0345 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Beyond Nationalism and UnionismIn this month's ARINS podcast host Rory Montgomery discusses the paper 'Beyond unionism and nationalism: do the ‘neithers’ want a border poll and a United Ireland?' with one of its authors, Jon Tonge, Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool. Read the article in full here: https://bit.ly/3XPHHkb This is episode 37 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as c...
2024-10-0345 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthNationality and Citizenship in Ireland, North and SouthHost Rory Montgomery is joined by Brice Dickson and Aoife O'Donoghue in this month's ARINS podcast. They discuss the topic of Dickson's recent paper (written with Tom Hickey) on how British and/or Irish nationality is currently acquired and lost, first under the law in Northern Ireland and then under the law in Ireland. This paper also looks at some of the rights that Irish citizens currently have in the UK and that UK citizens currently have in Ireland, paying particular attention to the impact of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement of 1998 on those rights. Read the...
2024-09-0552 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Nationality and Citizenship in Ireland, North and SouthHost Rory Montgomery is joined by Brice Dickson and Aoife O'Donoghue in this month's ARINS podcast. They discuss the topic of Dickson's recent paper (written with Tom Hickey) on how British and/or Irish nationality is currently acquired and lost, first under the law in Northern Ireland and then under the law in Ireland. This paper also looks at some of the rights that Irish citizens currently have in the UK and that UK citizens currently have in Ireland, paying particular attention to the impact of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement of 1998 on those rights. Read the paper: https://dx...
2024-09-0552 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Equality Frameworks On The Island Of IrelandDr Evelyn Collins and Niall Crowley, along with host Rory Montgomery, explore the frameworks of equality legislation, institutions and policy mechanisms that underpin the equality agenda in Northern Ireland and in Ireland. Learn more in their recently published paper: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/912707 This is episode 35 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the need to regulate social media in...
2024-07-0453 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Equality Frameworks On The Island Of IrelandDr Evelyn Collins and Niall Crowley, along with host Rory Montgomery, explore the frameworks of equality legislation, institutions and policy mechanisms that underpin the equality agenda in Northern Ireland and in Ireland. Learn more in their recently published paper: muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/912707 This is episode 35 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the need to r...
2024-07-0453 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: The Politics of ApologiesThis week, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Dr Cheryl Lawther discuss the politics of apologies within the Northern Ireland Peace Process. This is based of Kieran's recent paper 'Abject and True Remorse': Loyalism and the Politics of Regret in Northern Ireland' which is part of the Irish Studies in International Affairs journal, available at this link https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/922275 This is episode 34 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of...
2024-06-061h 01ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: The Politics of ApologiesThis week, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Dr Cheryl Lawther discuss the politics of apologies within the Northern Ireland Peace Process. This is based of Kieran's recent paper 'Abject and True Remorse': Loyalism and the Politics of Regret in Northern Ireland' which is part of the Irish Studies in International Affairs journal, available at this link https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/922275 This is episode 34 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery...
2024-06-061h 01ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Partition and Census EnumerationHost Rory Montgomery is joined by Paul Nolan to discuss censuses and how they have influenced, and will influence, Northern Ireland's constitutional position. This discussion is based on Paul's most recent paper 'The Imprint of Finality? Partition and Census Enumeration' which can be read here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/921576 This is episode 33 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as...
2024-05-0258 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Partition and Census EnumerationHost Rory Montgomery is joined by Paul Nolan to discuss censuses and how they have influenced, and will influence, Northern Ireland's constitutional position. This discussion is based on Paul's most recent paper 'The Imprint of Finality? Partition and Census Enumeration' which can be read here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/921576 This is episode 33 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the...
2024-05-0258 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Common Ground: A new Irish Times projectHost Rory Montgomery is joined by Pat Leahy, Political Editor of the Irish Times and Mark Hennessy, Ireland and Britain Editor of the Irish Times. Their conversation focuses on how north-south and east-west relationships are covered in the media and the recently launched Irish Times initiative, 'Common Ground', which examines the constitutional issues facing Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/ This is episode 32 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. Host...
2024-04-0450 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Common Ground: A new Irish Times projectHost Rory Montgomery is joined by Pat Leahy, Political Editor of the Irish Times and Mark Hennessy, Ireland and Britain Editor of the Irish Times. Their conversation focuses on how north-south and east-west relationships are covered in the media and the recently launched Irish Times initiative, 'Common Ground', which examines the constitutional issues facing Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/ This is episode 32 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of...
2024-04-0450 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Does the 'subvention' matter?Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Professor John Doyle, VP for research at DCU, Dr Esmond Birnie, senior economist, University of Ulster, and Professor Edgar Morgenroth, professor of Economics at DCU to discuss the the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland. Their conversation is based around Doyle's paper arguing that the 'subvention' does not matter and Birnie's response arguing that it does. Doyle's paper 'Why the ‘Subvention’ does not Matter: Northern Ireland and the All-Ireland Economy' can be read here: muse.jhu.edu/article/810176/pdf Birnie's response is here: muse.jhu.edu/article/913623/pdf This is e...
2024-03-0755 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Does the 'subvention' matter?Host Rory Montgomery is joined by Professor John Doyle, VP for research at DCU, Dr Esmond Birnie, senior economist, University of Ulster and Professor Edgar Morgenroth, professor of Economics at DCU to discuss the the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland. Their conversation is based around Doyle's paper arguing that the 'subvention' does not matter and Birnie's response arguing that it does. Doyle's paper 'Why the ‘Subvention’ does not Matter: Northern Ireland and the All-Ireland Economy' can be read here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/810176/pdf Birnie's response is here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/913623/pdf This is episode 31 of a podcast...
2024-03-0755 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Health Law: Convergence and Divergence on the Island of IrelandIn this month’s ARINS Podcast host Rory Montgomery interviews Dr Andrea Mulligan, Trinity College Dublin, and Dr Clayton Ó Néill, Queens University Belfast, authors of Health Law: Convergence and Divergence on the Island of Ireland. The authors identify the formation of health law north and south across public and private law and the constitutional, policy, and legislative changes that have shaped and re-shaped healthcare in both jurisdictions. Specifically, the implementation of laws north and south regarding healthcare rights and capacity law, the ability to consent and refuse medical treatment, the specific requirements, and interpretations of conscientious objection to abortion, disc...
2024-02-0150 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Health Law: Convergence and Divergence on the Island of IrelandIn this month's ARINS podcast host Rory Montgomery meets Clayton Ó'Néill (Senior Lecturer of Law at Queen's University Belfast) and Andrea Mulligan (barrister and Assistant Professor of Law at Trinity College Dublin). Mulligan and Ó Néill are the authors of the article 'Health Law: Convergence and Divergence on the Island of Ireland', which can be read here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/423/article/910145 This article considers how health law operates on the island of Ireland, including some of its key issues: (1) capacity, (2) abortion and (3) clinical negligence. The healthcare and political context in both jurisdictions is discu...
2024-02-0150 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS/Irish Times Survey '23: New positions and perspectives a year onIn the January ARINS podcast on the ARINS/IrishTimes survey Rory Montgomery hosts Professors John Garry (QUB) and Brendan O’Leary (UPENN) authors of the survey along with Dr Jamie Pow (QUB). Together they scrutinise the intriguing findings of the ARINS/Irish Times survey and disentangle the answers to seasoned questions asked in the ’22 Survey, while exploring the perceptions and expectations posed in the answers to innovative new questions about the short and long run costs of the economics of the status quo and unification. Find out more about the survey: https://www.ria.ie/news/arins-analysis-and-research-ireland-north-and-south/initial-findings-new-arinsthe-irish-times This is epis...
2024-01-0456 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS/Irish Times Survey '23: New positions and perspectives a year on In the January ARINS podcast on the ARINS/IrishTimes survey Rory Montgomery hosts Professors John Garry (QUB) and Brendan O’Leary (UPENN) authors of the survey along with Dr Jamie Pow (QUB). Together they scrutinise the intriguing findings of the ARINS/Irish Times survey and disentangle the answers to seasoned questions asked in the ’22 Survey, while exploring the perceptions and expectations posed in the answers to innovative new questions about the short and long run costs of the economics of the status quo and unification. Find out more about the survey: https...
2024-01-0456 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Victims' rights on the island of IrelandAnurag Dep is a PhD researcher in law at QUB and Ian Jeffers commissioner for Victims and Survivors in Northern Ireland, soon to be chief executive of Cooperation Ireland speak to our host Rory Montgomery about the legal framework of provision of rights and support to victims of crime in Ireland and Northern Ireland. What legal frameworks support the rights for victims of crime? How have rights harmonised north and south? How has provision for victims and victims' rights on the island of Ireland changed? How did the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement support the position of victims? How have we...
2023-12-0754 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Victims' rights on the island of IrelandAnurag Dep is a PhD researcher in law at QUB and Ian Jeffers commissioner for Victims and Survivors in Northern Ireland, soon to be chief executive of Cooperation Ireland speak to our host Rory Montgomery about the legal framework of provision of rights and support to victims of crime in Ireland and Northern Ireland. What legal frameworks support the rights for victims of crime? How have rights harmonised north and south? How has provision for victims and victims' rights on the island of Ireland changed? How did the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement support the position of victims...
2023-12-0754 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Who is Better Off? The Irish, Northern Irish or the British?In this month’s ARINScast Paul Gosling author of 'A New Ireland' and 'Lessons from the Troubles and the Unsettled Peace', shares his insights regarding the quality of life, the standard and cost of living, and disparities in disposable income, (income inequality) in and across Northern Ireland, Ireland and Britain with Professor John Fitzgerald and our ARINS host Rory Montgomery. Drawing on Gosling’s regional comparisons, in educational attainment, technical skills, productivity, and housing they explore why the cost of living crisis impacts Northern Ireland more readily than the Republic and Great Britain. https://www.ria.ie/news/arins-analysis-and-research-ireland-north-and-south/who-better-those-northern-ireland-ireland This...
2023-11-021h 00ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Who is Better Off? The Irish, Northern Irish or the British? In this month’s ARINScast Paul Gosling author of 'A New Ireland' and 'Lessons from the Troubles and the Unsettled Peace', shares his insights regarding the quality of life, the standard and cost of living, and disparities in disposable income, (income inequality) in and across Northern Ireland, Ireland and Britain with Professor John Fitzgerald and our ARINS host Rory Montgomery. Drawing on Gosling’s regional comparisons, in educational attainment, technical skills, productivity, and housing they explore why the cost of living crisis impacts Northern Ireland more readily than the Republic and Great Britain. www.ria.ie/n...
2023-11-021h 00The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: What would reform of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement look like?This month’s ARINS podcast examines how the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement has functioned over the 25 years since it was signed, and how it is currently received. Host Rory Montgomery speaks with Professor Alan Renwick and Conor J. Kelly authors of the UCL constitution unit’s report on Perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Examining Diverse Views, 1998-2003. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/publications/unit-reports The report offers an array of perspectives shared in political party manifestos, in interviews and in focus groups for UCL’s constitution unit. The insights offered by politicians, academics, civil society representatives, from across...
2023-10-051h 00ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: What would reform of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement look like? This month’s ARINS podcast examines how the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement has functioned over the 25 years since it was signed, and how it is currently received. Host Rory Montgomery speaks with Professor Alan Renwick and Conor J. Kelly authors of the UCL constitution unit’s report on Perspectives on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: Examining Diverse Views, 1998-2003. www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/…tions/unit-reports The report offers an array of perspectives shared in political party manifestos, in interviews and in focus groups for UCL’s constitution unit. The insights offered by politici...
2023-10-051h 00ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: ARINS/IT Survey - why do we focus on focus groups?In this ARINS Podcast hosted by Rory Montgomery, Professor Jennifer Todd from UCD and Professor John Doyle DCU discuss their recent article with co-author Dr Joanne McEvoy (University of Aberdeen) titled 'Time for Deliberation, not Decision, on the Shape of a New United Ireland: Evidence from the ARINS Survey focus groups.' Together they explore the power of focus group findings for Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South. We understand the views of people who said they were undecided in how they might vote in a referendum on the future of Northern Ireland. We learn how...
2023-09-0755 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: ARINS/IT Survey - why do we focus on focus groups?In this ARINS Podcast hosted by Rory Montgomery, Professor Jennifer Todd from UCD and Professor John Doyle DCU discuss their recent article with co-author Dr Joanne McEvoy (University of Aberdeen) titled 'Time for Deliberation, not Decision, on the Shape of a New United Ireland: Evidence from the ARINS Survey focus groups.' Together they explore the power of focus group findings for Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South. We understand the views of people who said they were undecided in how they might vote in a referendum on the future of Northern Ireland. We learn how important issues are...
2023-09-0755 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthAIRNS: The Tapestry of International Human Rights Law in Ireland and Northern Ireland In this month’s ARINS podcast Mapping the Tapestry: National and International Human Rights Frameworks in Northern Ireland and Ireland authors Profs. Kathryn McNeilly, and Aoife O’Donoghue from Queens University Belfast’s School of Law share their research examining legal equivalence in Human Rights law in Ireland and Northern Ireland with our host Rory Montgomery. By exploring the convergence and divergence in institutional Human Rights arrangements Professors McNeilly and O’Donoghue share the significance of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement for Human Rights provision in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Particularly the importance of the Human Ri...
2023-07-0646 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: The Tapestry of International Human Rights Law in Ireland and Northern IrelandIn this month’s ARINS podcast Mapping the Tapestry: National and International Human Rights Frameworks in Northern Ireland and Ireland authors Profs. Kathryn McNeilly, and Aoife O’Donoghue from Queens University Belfast’s School of Law share their research examining legal equivalence in Human Rights law in Ireland and Northern Ireland with our host Rory Montgomery. By exploring the convergence and divergence in institutional Human Rights arrangements Professors McNeilly and O’Donoghue share the significance of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement for Human Rights provision in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Particularly the importance of the Human Rights bodies north and south an...
2023-07-0646 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Northern Ireland's Local Elections: Looking at a new political landscapeIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery is joined by Dr Philip McGuinness lecturer in the Department of Computing Science and Mathematics at Dundalk Institute of Technology to discuss the results of the local elections in Northern Ireland held on 18 May. In the elections to eleven councils across Northern Ireland the nationalist bloc gained a majority of the vote in both Belfast and L/Derry for the first time with Sinn Fein winning a larger than expected victory finding itself the largest party in six of the eleven councils with a 39 seat increase to 144 of 462 seats. The DUP re...
2023-06-0154 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Northern Ireland's Local Elections: Looking at a new political landscapeIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery is joined by Dr. Philip McGuinness Lecturer in the Department of Computing Science and Mathematics at Dundalk Institute of Technology to discuss the results of the local elections in Northern Ireland held on 18 May. In the elections to eleven councils across Northern Ireland the nationalist bloc gained a majority of the vote in both Belfast and L/Derry for the first time with Sinn Fein winning a larger than expected victory finding itself the largest party in six of the eleven councils with a 39 seat increase to 144 of 462 se...
2023-06-0154 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Education across the island of IrelandIn this month’s ARINS podcast, our host Rory Montgomery is joined by Anne Devlin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ESRI, to unpuzzle the findings from the ISIA paper she co-authored with Seamus McGuinness, Adele Bergin and Emer Smyth: 'Education across the Island of Ireland: Examining Educational Outcomes, Earnings and Intergenerational Mobility' (muse.jhu.edu/article/884143). In this, our first episode exploring education north and south, Devlin explores how economic background impacts educational attainment and the way in which education in turn impacts the labour market north and south. In comparing levels of educational attainment, on...
2023-05-0435 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Education across the island of IrelandIn this month’s ARINS podcast, our host Rory Montgomery is joined by Anne Devlin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ESRI, to unpuzzle the findings from the ISIA paper she co-authored with Seamus McGuinness, Adele Bergin and Emer Smyth: 'Education across the Island of Ireland: Examining Educational Outcomes, Earnings and Intergenerational Mobility' (https://muse.jhu.edu/article/884143). In this, our first episode exploring education north and south, Devlin explores how economic background impacts educational attainment and the way in which education in turn impacts the labour market north and south. In comparing levels of educational attainment, one measure, early school le...
2023-05-0435 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: One Good DayHow did the Good Friday Agreement happen? In this month's podcast host Rory Montgomery, no stranger to the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement negotiations, is joined by two former colleagues from the Department of Foreign Affairs, David Donoghue and Tim O'Connor.  In sharing their recollections of the negotiations culminating in the signing of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement twenty-five years ago this week, Rory's guests reflect on the foundation, formulation and implementation of the Agreement. In so doing we glean an invaluable insight into the challenges faced by civil servants, and their capacity and creativity in draft...
2023-04-061h 04The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: One Good DayOn the 25-year anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, David Donoghue and Tim O’Connor discuss how it came about. In this month’s podcast, host Rory Montgomery—no stranger to the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement negotiations—is joined by two former colleagues from the Department of Foreign Affairs: David Donoghue and Tim O'Connor. Rory’s guests share their recollections of the negotiations that culminated in the signing of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement twenty-five years ago this week. They reflect on the foundation, formulation and implementation of the agreement, allowing us to glean an invaluable insight into the challenges faced by t...
2023-04-061h 04ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: The Trouble with representing the Troubles in CinemaIn this month’s ARINS podcast Rory Montgomery speaks to Professor Pat Brereton from DCU’s School of Communication and Des O’Rawe from the School of Arts, English and Languages and the Mitchell Institute at QUB about the trouble with filming the Troubles and Northern Ireland. Drawing on Professor Brereton’s article on Troubles and Northern Ireland: Representations in Film of Belfast as a Site of Conflict and Dr. O’Rawe’s response addressing the smoke and mirrors approach to filming conflict. Brereton's 'Teases out the Allusions' takes our understanding further. Together Brereton and O’Rawe inter...
2023-03-0247 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: The Trouble with representing the Troubles in CinemaIn this month’s ARINS podcast Rory Montgomery speaks to Professor Pat Brereton from DCU’s School of Communication and Des O’Rawe from the School of Arts, English and Languages and the Mitchell Institute at QUB about the trouble with filming the Troubles and Northern Ireland. Drawing on Professor Brereton’s article on Troubles and Northern Ireland: Representations in Film of Belfast as a Site of Conflict and Dr. O’Rawe’s response addressing the smoke and mirrors approach to filming conflict. Brereton's 'Teases out the Allusions' takes our understanding further. Together Brereton and O’Rawe interrogate the ways in which we vi...
2023-03-0247 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: The ARINS/Irish Times survey: origins and outcomesIn this month’s podcast host Rory Montgomery explores the inspiration, creation, and collaboration behind the 2022 ARINS/Irish Times survey with John Garry, Professor of Political Behaviour at Queens University Belfast, and Brendan O’Leary Lauder Professor of Political Science at University of Pennsylvania. Together the authors of the survey discuss their division of labour, the importance of collaborative support from colleagues in ARINS and how marrying qualitative focus group findings with quantitative face-to-face polling research methods delivers the detailed insights into matters what most to us North and South when we consider our collective futures in a shared Ireland. -- T...
2023-02-0252 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: The ARINS/Irish Times survey: origins and outcomesIn this month’s podcast host Rory Montgomery explores the inspiration, creation, and collaboration behind the 2022 ARINS/Irish Times survey with John Garry, Professor of Political Behaviour at Queens University Belfast, and Brendan O’Leary Lauder Professor of Political Science at University of Pennsylvania. Together the authors of the survey discuss their division of labour, the importance of collaborative support from colleagues in ARINS and how marrying qualitative focus group findings with quantitative face-to-face polling research methods delivers the detailed insights into what matters most to us North and South when we consider our collective futures in a shared Irel...
2023-02-0252 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS Irish and Ullan: Language Rights and PoliticsIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery is joined by Róisín Costello, Assistant Professor in Law at DCU and author of, 'To be British, Irish, or Both: Understanding Language Rights as a Tool for Reconciliation in Northern Ireland' and Brian Ó’Conchubhair, Associate Professor of Irish Language and Literature at University of Notre Dame, author of the 'Politics of language in a (dis)United Ireland'. Together they explore the history of Irish language policy and navigate the modern and every-day language challenges of symbols, rights, politics and policies surrounding the use, the visibility and the protection of Iris...
2023-01-0545 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS Irish and Ullan: Language Rights and PoliticsIn this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery is joined by Róisín Costello, Assistant Professor in Law at DCU and author of 'To be British, Irish, or Both: Understanding Language Rights as a Tool for Reconciliation in Northern Ireland' and Brian Ó’Conchubhair, Associate Professor of Irish Language and Literature at University of Notre Dame, author of the 'Politics of language in a (dis)United Ireland'. Together they explore the history of Irish language policy and navigate the modern and every-day language challenges of symbols, rights, politics and policies surrounding the use, the visibility and the protection of Irish a...
2023-01-0545 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: One island, two labour marketsIn this month’s podcast host Rory Montgomery discusses John FitzGerald’s article, one island two labour markets with the author, and respondent and Nevin Economic Research Institute's Tom McDonnell, investigating how divergent paths taken by Ireland and the United Kingdom have shaped two distinct labour markets north and south connected through Britain. Historically few people loved north to south, with one exception, L/Derry men marrying Donegal women, whereas great numbers moved to Britain from both jurisdictions. Today the picture is different. After a century of emigration the Republic of Ireland is experiencing the return of educa...
2022-12-0153 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: One island, two labour marketsIn this month’s podcast host Rory Montgomery discusses John FitzGerald’s article, one island two labour markets with the author, and respondent and Nevin Economic Research Institute's Tom McDonnell, investigating how divergent paths taken by Ireland and the United Kingdom have shaped two distinct labour markets north and south connected through Britain. Historically few people moved north to south, with one exception, L/Derry men marrying Donegal women, whereas great numbers moved to Britain from both jurisdictions. Today the picture is different. After a century of emigration the Republic of Ireland is experiencing the return of educated homing pigeons retu...
2022-12-0153 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS Social Security in a Unified IrelandIn this month’s podcast, Mike Tomlinson and Seamus McGuinness explore Social Security provision models in a United Ireland with host Rory Montgomery. Tomlinson outlines the differences and similarities in tax systems, public expenditure, pension provision, poverty and welfare rates, child benefit, and long-term sickness and disability benefits in Ireland north and south. Going beyond comparison, the discussion examines the impact of the experience of conflict in Northern Ireland on the health of the population, on social welfare provision, and long-term sickness and disability benefits. Tomlinson deftly accounts for British Treasury decisions and anticipates the power of precedent in pe...
2022-11-031h 01The Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS Social Security in a Unified IrelandIn this month’s podcast, Mike Tomlinson and Seamus McGuinness explore Social Security provision models in a United Ireland with host Rory Montgomery. Tomlinson outlines the differences and similarities in tax systems, public expenditure, pension provision, poverty and welfare rates, child benefit, and long-term sickness and disability benefits in Ireland north and south. Going beyond comparison, the discussion examines the impact of the experience of conflict in Northern Ireland on the health of the population, on social welfare provision, and long-term sickness and disability benefits. Tomlinson deftly accounts for British Treasury decisions and anticipates the power of precedent in pension pr...
2022-11-031h 01ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthWhat are the benefits of cross-border cooperation in the arts?The ARINS podcast theme this month considers the benefits of cross-border cooperation in the arts. Drawing on a report commissioned by ARINS, produced by the Audience Agency and co-funded by Department of Foreign Affairs, the lead author of the report Dr. Steven Hadley, Research Fellow Trinity College Dublin, and Darren Ferguson, CEO of Belfast based organization, Beyond Skin that harnesses the arts as a mechanism for dialogue to develop a society free from racism and sectarianism, join our host Rory Montgomery to discuss the future of cross-border cooperation in the arts.  This is episode 15 of a...
2022-10-0651 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS What are the benefits of cross-border cooperation in the arts?The ARINS podcast theme this month considers the benefits of cross-border cooperation in the Arts. Drawing on a report commissioned by ARINS, produced by the Audience Agency and co-funded by Department of Foreign Affairs, the lead author of the report Dr. Steven Hadley Research Fellow Trinity College Dublin, and Darren Ferguson, CEO of Belfast based organization, Beyond Skin that harnesses the arts as a mechanism for dialogue to develop a society free from racism and sectarianism, join our host Rory Montgomery to discuss the future of cross-border cooperation in the arts. You can read the report and more ARINS research...
2022-10-0651 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Making Sense of a United Ireland, Should it Happen, How Might it Happen?The discussion explores demographic, electoral, and political changes, slowly and steadily shaping Northern Ireland. Should these slow, steady changes accelerate referenda on the future of Northern Ireland?  In this month’s episode, host Rory Montgomery and Brendan O’Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science, at the University of Pennsylvania, discuss Brendan’s latest book Making Sense of a United Ireland, Should it Happen, How Might it Happen? published today.  O’Leary counsels against premature calls for referenda arguing that it would be inappropriate to hold a referendum in Northern Ireland where there is not sufficient evidence t...
2022-09-0154 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS podcast episode 13: Irish Unity: Lessons from Germany?What happens when you merge two distinct legal, administrative and judicial systems with legacy concerns? The reunification of Germany is arguably the closest and most recent example of the systemic complexities faced should referenda on both sides of the Irish border allow for the processes of Irish unification to begin. In this ARINS podcast Tobias Lock and Aoife O’Donoghue discuss the lessons learned from German Unification and how we might best apply them. You can read the article by Tobias Lock, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0010. Tobias Lock, is Jean Monnet Ch...
2022-07-0748 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS podcast episode 13: Irish Unity: Lessons from Germany?What happens when you merge two distinct legal, administrative and judicial systems with legacy concerns? The reunification of Germany is arguably the closest and most recent example of the systemic complexities faced should referenda on both sides of the Irish border allow for the processes of Irish unification to begin. In this ARINS podcast Tobias Lock and Aoife O’Donoghue discuss the lessons learned from German Unification and how we might best apply them. You can read the article by Tobias Lock, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0010. To...
2022-07-0748 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS podcast episode 12: Participatory Constitutionalism and the Agenda for ChangeIn this month's episode of the ARINS podcast, Joanne McEvoy and Fidelma Ashe explore the ways in which including and encouraging popular engagement can not only enrich constitutional discussion but critically can shape constitutional change. You can read the article by Joanne McEvoy, Jennifer Todd and Dawn Walsh, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0008 Joanne McEvoy is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Science at the University of Aberdeen. Fidelma Ashe is Professor of Politics at the Ulster University. This is episode 12 of a podc...
2022-06-0246 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS podcast episode 12: Participatory Constitutionalism and the Agenda for ChangeIn this month's episode of the ARINS podcast, Joanne McEvoy and Fidelma Ashe explore the ways in which including and encouraging popular engagement can not only enrich constitutional discussion but critically can shape constitutional change. You can read the article by Joanne McEvoy, Jennifer Todd and Dawn Walsh, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0008 Joanne McEvoy is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Science at the University of Aberdeen. Fidelma Ashe is Professor of Politics at the Ulster University. This is episode 12 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis on t...
2022-06-0246 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: A Shared Ireland? Identity, Meaning, Representation and SportIn this month's episode, Katie Liston, Joseph Maguire and Bruce Kidd explore the role of sports in crafting identities and shaping politics on the island of Ireland. You can read Katie Liston and Joseph Maguire's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0005. Bruce Kidd's response is available at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0007. Katie Liston is Senior Lecturer School of Sport, University of Ulster. Joseph Maguire is Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Sport, Loughborough University. Bruce Kidd is Professor Emeritus Sport and Public Policy University of Toronto. This is episode 11 of a podcast series that...
2022-05-0544 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: A Shared Ireland? Identity, Meaning, Representation and SportIn this month's episode, Katie Liston, Joseph Maguire and Bruce Kidd explore the role of sports in crafting identities and shaping politics on the island of Ireland. You can read Katie Liston and Joseph Maguire's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0005. Bruce Kidd's response is available at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0007. Katie Liston is Senior Lecturer School of Sport, University of Ulster. Joseph Maguire is Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Sport, Loughborough University. Bruce Kidd is Professor Emeritus Sport and Public Policy University of Toronto.
2022-05-0544 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Police governance, oversight and accountability in a united IrelandPolicing has been complicated and contentious on both sides of the island of Ireland. The prospect of a united Ireland raises profound and even jarring questions with regards to policing, questions which will require a depth of consideration, analysis and consultation if the issue is ever to be addressed effectively. In this episode, Vicky Conway and Roger Mac Ginty examine how policing in a united Ireland might coordinate questions of governance, oversight and accountability. You can read Vicky Conway's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0006 Vicky Conway is Associate Professor of Law...
2022-04-0741 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Police governance, oversight and accountability in a united IrelandPolicing has been complicated and contentious on both sides of the island of Ireland. The prospect of a united Ireland raises profound and even jarring questions with regards to policing, questions which will require a depth of consideration, analysis and consultation if the issue is ever to be addressed effectively. In this episode, Vicky Conway and Roger Mac Ginty examine how policing in a united Ireland might coordinate questions of governance, oversight and accountability. You can read Vicky Conway's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.1353/isia.2022.0006 Vicky Conway...
2022-04-0741 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Lessons from the Dayton Peace AgreementThe Good Friday Agreement and the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina have often been compared as the two best-known and longest-lasting power-sharing or consociational agreements from the 1990s. The post-Brexit debate on possible referenda on a united Ireland has added a new dimension to this comparison. If referenda lead to the creation of a united Ireland, what does the experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina offer to the debate on the political structures of a united Ireland? In this episode, Tajma Kapic and John Doyle consider how the experience of the DPA may help shape future political arrangements in...
2022-03-0337 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Lessons from the Dayton Peace AgreementThe Good Friday Agreement and the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina have often been compared as the two best-known and longest-lasting power-sharing or consociational agreements from the 1990s. The post-Brexit debate on possible referenda on a united Ireland has added a new dimension to this comparison. If referenda lead to the creation of a united Ireland, what does the experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina offer to the debate on the political structures of a united Ireland? In this episode, Tajma Kapic and John Doyle consider how the experience of the DPA may help shape future political arrangements...
2022-03-0337 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Implications for the Protection of Human Rights in a United IrelandOne of the many perspectives from which the pros and cons of a united Ireland can be weighed is that of human rights protection. In a united Ireland how differently, if at all, would the human rights of people living in Northern Ireland or in Ireland be protected? In this month's episode of the ARINS podcast, Brice Dickson and Rory Montgomery look at the implications for the protection of human rights in a united Ireland. You can read Brice Dickson's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.48 ...
2022-02-0335 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Implications for the Protection of Human Rights in a United IrelandOne of the many perspectives from which the pros and cons of a united Ireland can be weighed is that of human rights protection. In a united Ireland how differently, if at all, would the human rights of people living in Northern Ireland or in Ireland be protected? In this month's episode of the ARINS podcast, Brice Dickson and Rory Montgomery look at the implications for the protection of human rights in a united Ireland. You can read Brice Dickson's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.48 Brice Dickson is Professor...
2022-02-0335 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: The Centrality of the British-Irish Intergovernmental ConferenceThe Brexit referendum precipitated an era of tension and distrust between the British and Irish governments. In this month's episode of the ARINS podcast, Etain Tannam and Rory Montgomery reflect on the British-Irish Relationship and the Centrality of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. You can read Etain Tannam's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.29 Rory Montgomery's response can be found at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.35 Etain Tannam is Associate Professor in the School of Religion, Trinity College Dublin. Rory Montgomery is a former diplomat and Honorary Professor in the George...
2022-01-0639 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: The Centrality of the British-Irish Intergovernmental ConferenceThe Brexit referendum precipitated an era of tension and distrust between the British and Irish governments. In this month's episode of the ARINS podcast, Etain Tannam and Rory Montgomery reflect on the British-Irish Relationship and the Centrality of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. You can read Etain Tannam's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.29 Rory Montgomery's response can be found at doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.35 Etain Tannam is Associate Professor in the School of Religion, Trinity College Dublin. Rory Montgomery is a former diplomat...
2022-01-0639 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: let 'the people' decideIn this episode, Colin Harvey and Jennifer Kavanagh pick through the political uncertainties surrounding the anticipated referendums, north and south. How will the referendums work? How do we formulate the appropriate question to capture what the people should decide on? In episode 6 of the ARINS podcast, Colin Harvey and Jennifer Kavanagh discuss the intensifying conversation about constitutional change on the island of Ireland. You can read Colin Harvey's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.37.  Jennifer Kavanagh's response can be found at doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.39. Colin Har...
2021-12-0246 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: let 'the people' decideIn this episode, Colin Harvey and Jennifer Kavanagh pick through the political uncertainties surrounding the anticipated referendums, north and south. How will the referendums work? How do we formulate the appropriate question to capture what the people should decide on? In episode 6 of the ARINS podcast, Colin Harvey and Jennifer Kavanagh discuss the intensifying conversation about constitutional change on the island of Ireland. You can read Colin Harvey's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.37.  Jennifer Kavanagh's response can be found at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.39. Colin Harvey is Professor of H...
2021-12-0246 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Pulpit to PublicIn this episode, Gladys Ganiel and Philip McDonagh discuss church leaders' contributions to public debates about a post-Brexit island. You can read Gladys Ganiel's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.47 Philip McDonagh's response can be found at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.52 Gladys Ganiel is reader in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast. Philip McDonagh is the director of the DCU Centre for Religion, Human Values, and International Relations. * This is episode 5 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and...
2021-11-0437 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Pulpit to PublicIn this episode, Gladys Ganiel and Philip McDonagh discuss church leaders' contributions to public debates about a post-Brexit island. You can read Gladys Ganiel's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at www.jstor.org/stable/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.47Philip McDonagh's response can be found at doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.52Gladys Ganiel is reader in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast. Philip McDonagh is the director of the DCU Centre for Religion, Human Values, and International Relations. * This is episode 5 of a podcast series that provides evidence-based research and analysis...
2021-11-0437 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: What exactly is the Northern Ireland subvention?In this episode, John Doyle and John FitzGerald discuss the subject of the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland, which has been dominating the public debate on the economics of a united Ireland. You can read John Doyle's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.30 John Doyle is the Director of the Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction at Dublin City University. John FitzGerald, MRIA, is the former Head of the Macroeconomics and Resource Economics Division at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI.) * This is episode 4 of a podcast seri...
2021-10-0741 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: What exactly is the Northern Ireland subvention?In this episode, John Doyle and John FitzGerald discuss the subject of the UK financial ‘subvention’ to Northern Ireland, which has been dominating the public debate on the economics of a united Ireland. You can read John Doyle's paper, as it appears in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.30 John Doyle is the Director of the Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction at Dublin City University. John FitzGerald, MRIA, is the former Head of the Macroeconomics and Resource Economics Division at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI.) * This is e...
2021-10-0741 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: The Franchise in Irish Unification ReferendumsIn this episode, Christopher McCrudden and Oran Doyle explore the legal constraints or soft-law guidelines that are relevant to the franchise in the north and in the south, potential issues that arise from tensions between the two franchises, and possible resolutions. You can read their paper, co-authored with David Kenny, as it appeared in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.18 Christopher McCrudden is Professor of Human Rights and Equality Law at Queen’s University Belfast and William W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Oran Doyle is Professor in law at...
2021-09-0238 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: The Franchise in Irish Unification ReferendumsIn this episode, Christopher McCrudden and Oran Doyle explore the legal constraints or soft-law guidelines that are relevant to the franchise in the north and in the south, potential issues that arise from tensions between the two franchises, and possible resolutions. You can read their paper, co-authored with David Kenny, as it appeared in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.18 Christopher McCrudden is Professor of Human Rights and Equality Law at Queen’s University Belfast and William W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Oran Doyle is...
2021-09-0238 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Measuring Cross-Border Differences on the Island of IrelandIn this episode Adele Bergin and Seamus McGuinness reflect on cross-border differences in living standards, opportunities and quality of life on the island of Ireland. So, who is better off? You can read their paper, as it appeared in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.12 Adele Bergin is Associate Research Professor at the Economic & Social Research Institute, Dublin. Seamus McGuinness is Research Professor at the Economic & Social Research Institute, Dublin. He is also a research fellow in the Institute of Labour Studies (IZA) in the University of Bonn and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the...
2021-07-0134 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Measuring cross-border differences on the island of IrelandIn this episode Adele Bergin and Seamus McGuinness reflect on cross-border differences in living standards, opportunities and quality of life on the island of Ireland. So, who is better off? You can read their paper, as it appeared in Irish Studies in International Affairs, at doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.12 Adele Bergin is Associate Research Professor at the Economic & Social Research Institute, Dublin. Seamus McGuinness is Research Professor at the Economic & Social Research Institute, Dublin. He is also a research fellow in the Institute of Labour Studies (IZA) in the University of Bonn and an Adjunct Associate...
2021-07-0134 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: Cross-Border Cooperation Health in IrelandIn this episode, Deirdre Heenan and Anne Matthews delve into how cross-border cooperation relating to health between Ireland and Northern Ireland really works. What collaborations are working? How did health co-operation really work during the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the best parts of each system? Does politics stand in the way of citizens' health? How could  health outcomes for everyone on the island be improved? You can read Deirdre Heenan's paper here along with Anne Matthew's response. These were both published by ARINS in Irish Studies in International Affairs. Deirdre Heenan is Professor of Social P...
2021-06-0337 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Cross-Border Cooperation Health in IrelandIn this episode, Deirdre Heenan and Anne Matthews delve into how cross-border cooperation relating to health between Ireland and Northern Ireland really works. What collaborations are working? How did health co-operation really work during the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the best parts of each system? Does politics stand in the way of citizens' health? How could health outcomes for everyone on the island be improved? You can read Deirdre Heenan's paper at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.10 Anne Matthew's response is available at https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.11. These were both published by ARINS in Irish Studies in International Affairs. ...
2021-06-0337 minThe Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish AcademyARINS: An Introduction to the Podcast SeriesIn this podcast series host Rory Montgomery talks to ARINS authors about their analysis of the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south, post-Brexit. ARINS, Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South is a joint project of The Royal Irish Academy, an all-island body, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs. More information can be found at www.arinsproject.com.
2021-06-0203 minARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and SouthARINS: An Introduction to the Podcast SeriesIn this podcast series host Rory Montgomery talks to ARINS authors about their analysis of the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south, post-Brexit. ARINS, Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South is a joint project of The Royal Irish Academy, an all-island body, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs. More information can be found at www.arinsproject.com.
2021-06-0203 min