Originally published by The Independent. While most believe it’s not the right time to revisit the issue of Irish unity, Ian Johnston explains how civic groups are working to attract wavering young voters Heather Wilson describes herself as a “freethinker”. Hailing from a Protestant family in North Belfast, in 2017 the 29 year-old became the first woman […]

Brendan Boyle, originally published in The Irish Times. Not a moment must be wasted as responsible efforts facilitate inclusive decision process January was a significant month for relations among and within the four nations that lie just off the west coast of Europe, perhaps the most significant in decades. First, on January 1st, the United […]

Brexit has bulldozed the foundations of the union, so North and South need to prepare Brendan O’Leary, originally published in The Irish Times. Whoever favours keeping Northern Ireland in union with Great Britain, or prefers a united Ireland, needs to prepare for a referendum in the North on that exact choice, followed by a matching referendum in […]

Originally published in the Financial Times. Economist David McWilliams argues that demography, finances and the fallout of Brexit are reviving the idea of one Ireland It seems incredible now, but in 1990 an episode in the third series of Star Trek: The Next Generation was deemed so incendiary that it was censored in Britain and […]