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Commentary

Riots in Northern Ireland: an explanation

Dr Clare Rice

16 Apr 2021

Union

Commentary

Turning up the heat on Northern Ireland

Professor Katy Hayward

12 Apr 2021

Politics and Society

Union

Commentary

Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: act jointly one day, unilaterally the next

Professor David Phinnemore

05 Mar 2021

Union

Explainer

The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland

Why is there a Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland? Brexit meant that the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland became an external border…

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Explainer

Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol

A lot of attention has been placed on Article 16 of the Withdrawal Agreement’s Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. But what is it,…

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Explainer

The Internal Market Bill and Northern Ireland: where it comes from and what it might mean

What is the internal market? A single market is traditionally thought of as a set of self-governing territories between which barriers to…

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Isolation Insight – Devolution: change, continuity and crisis

25 Mar 2021

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Anand Menon on BBC News: Northern Ireland Protocol

15 Mar 2021

Fact

What is the Union Customs Code?

The Union Customs Code (UCC) is the rulebook for managing the external borders of the EU’s customs union. Read this fact to find out more.

What is the Northern Ireland protocol?

The Northern Ireland protocol, formally called the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, is the part of the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU that ensures there is no hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland as a result of the UK leaving the EU.