Prof Aoife O’Donoghue was on the BBC Breakfast couch on the 31st August explaining why prorogation of Parliament will so limit the room for manoeuvre of those opposed to the UK Governments plans. She discussed the prospects of the various legal challenges to prorogation as well as the Parliamentary processes that might result.
On this page, you will find all of our media appearances to discuss our work, whether at select committees, on the radio, or on television. You will also find any blogs and op-eds we have written.
Common Travel Area Memorandum of Understanding: a Brexit consolation prize?
Colin Murray writes for the LSE Brexit Blog… ‘With the end of Theresa May’s premiership the Withdrawal Agreement she had concluded with the EU receded out of her reach, in a “here’s-what-you-could-have-won” game-show moment. But what does she take home? What international agreement can be set against her three-year tenure in Downing Street? The Common Travel Area Memorandum of Understanding, concluded in May 2018, could be cast as her solitary “set-of-steak-knives” consolation prize’.
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The rise and fall of Northern Ireland’s voice in Brexit negotiations.
In this blog post for the LSE Brexit Blog, Dr. Sylvia de Mars examines the rise and (future) fall of Northern Ireland’s importance in Brexit negotiations.
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Life after Brexit: What would unifying Ireland actually entail?
In this blog post for the LSE Brexit Blog, Professor Aoife O’Donoghue outlines the legal aspects of the potential process for bringing about Irish unification after Brexit.
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CTA deal ‘a step in right direction but more needed’
Aoife O’Donoghue is quoted in this piece in the Irish News on the Common Travel Area agreement.
She said that the memorandum of understanding is a way of putting “Irish and UK citizens on a much firmer footing”.
Although an international treaty would be “preferred”, Prof O’Donoghue said the new rules can be used by courts to interpret domestic legislation, including provisions in Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement.
“There still remains a whole host of issues, especially for those living in Northern Ireland, but this is a positive step forward,” she said.
Deal giving reciprocal rights for British, Irish citizens is signed
Colin Murray is quoted in this piece in the Irish Times by Dennis Staunton. He said about the Common Travel Agreement: “It is being concluded now because there is a period of relatively low tension in the Brexit negotiations, because the Irish and UK governments being seen to work together supports the drive towards a deal on restoring power-sharing institutions within Northern Ireland, and because, from the Irish Government’s perspective, Theresa May might not be long in office, and the CTA therefore needs to be locked down.”
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Your Irish granny could save your EU citizenship.
An op-ed by Mr. Colin Murray and Dr. Ben Warwick on Buzzfeed.
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No winners on either side of the border in a Brexit world.
Prof. Aoife O’Donogue in the Irish Independent discussing the potential impacts of Brexit on trade and business in the UK and Northern Ireland.
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What Brexit means for future of the Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK.
A blog post by Dr. Ben Warwick and Mr. Colin Murray for The Conversation on the Convention on Social Security agreed by the UK and Ireland, as well as what else needs to be done to preserve the Common Travel Area after Brexit.
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