Colin Murray gave a paper to the Newcastle University Brexit Conference on ‘Northern Ireland’s Constitution and Brexit’, where he discussed the fallout for Northern Ireland, as well as the ways the region continues to shape Brexit outcomes.
See him in full flow below!
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.”
Read the whole piece here.
The research team attended and presented at the ICON Society (UK and Ireland) conference hosted by the University of Strathclyde. The papers presented were titled:
de Mars, ‘Making it (Even) More Complex: Plucking Trade from its Nest’
Murray, ‘Futureland: Northern Ireland after Brexit’
O’Donoghue, ‘Life after Brexit: Referenda, International Law and Unifying Ireland?’
Warwick, ‘Disappearing Rights under the Draft EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement’
They will find their way into written and published form shortly!
As the UK approached one of its Brexit deadlines, March and Early April proved a busy period for presentation gigs! The research team presented the following papers: