If you follow mainstream Irish and Northern Irish press, you may have noticed an uptick this past year in articles referencing “Irish reunification” or “border poll”. There is a push by aligned Irish nationalist parties , academics , and VCS groups  for a border poll as soon as possible.  Some supporting arguments have been opportunistic – members of the SDLP argued during last year’s “Reform-o-mania” that Northern Ireland needed to exit the UK to escape the prospect of a Far

Drama in Northern Ireland’s devolved legislature reached a fever pitch in recent weeks. Minister for Education, Paul Givan, lost a symbolic vote of no confidence  in the wake of a “fact-finding mission” to Israel, using his department’s social media to share photos from a school in annexed West Bank territory.  The visit to Israel raises many questions, perhaps chiefly, was it necessary for the Minister of a devolved regional government to go on a so-called fact-finding missi

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Illustration by Will Allen Sinn Fein has been playing the long game  for a while now. The party, which straddles the North and South of...

Last week, in a coordinated move following extensive deliberations, the governments of Norway, Spain, and Ireland announced their...

Leo Varadakar announced he would be stepping down as Taosieach and as leader of the Fine Gael party, effective immediately. The...