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Irish and British govts unveil new NI legacy agreement The Irish and British governments have unveiled a new agreement on dealing with the legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles.

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Agreed!

This is superb by @edwardburke.bsky.social on need for reflection down here on reconciliation, & uncomfortable truths re. our past.Taoiseach’s shared island initiative seeks that, but doesn’t seem widely known at societal level.

The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe This explainer examines the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights. It explores the role that...

Correcting the reports.

UK withdrawal from the ECHR absolutely breaches the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

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How post-materialism fuelled the rise of the far right - LSE Inequalities What values and cultural tastes separate the professional managerial elite from middle-status folk in routine jobs &how is this driving contemporary politics?

How post-materialism fuelled the rise of the far right by worsening awareness of inequalities blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

YouTube video by DW News Myths and realities of Irish reunification | DW News

B O’Leary sets out his arguments re. UI. Interesting:Irish shouldn’t be compulsory in schools & Eng & Irish shld have eq.constit status.Re-naming of state bodies recently seems to give Irish more predominance than Eng? #sharedisland youtu.be/3fjX54qx2fg?si… via @YouTube https://youtu.be/3fjX54qx2fg

Thanks very much to Paul Gillespie for his excellent summary & kind review of my book in today’s Irish Times & to @martindoyle.bsky.social for publishing it

Gary Murphy on X: "Bastille Day. The sixth anniversary of the passing of my great friend, Robert Elgie. The very definition of the phrase “a gentleman and a scholar”. May he continue to sleep easy. https://t.co/JxKHfryrOP" / X Bastille Day. The sixth anniversary of the passing of my great friend, Robert Elgie. The very definition of the phrase “a gentleman and a scholar”. May he continue to sleep easy. https://t.co/JxKHfryrOP

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A privilege to appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Defence and National Security last week.

Thank you to Mespil Hotel for another special birthday celebration for Michael!

Congrats!

I welcome the outcome of today’s EU-UK Summit in London and congratulate Prime Minister Starmer, European Commission President von der Leyen and European Council President Costa on concluding agreements and setting out an ambitious agenda for strengthening the partnership between the EU and the UK.

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Remembering oncologist, Hollywood, Donal, on his 12th anniversary, dib.ie/biography/holl… who saved my husband’s life in 1997, and so many others throughout his career.

There is still time to register for the @ballioloxford.bsky.social and @politicsoxford.bsky.social Bingham Lecture in Constitutional Studies.

@profnicolamcewen.bsky.social will speak about 'Resetting relationships in the Family of Nations: A New Era in Intergovernmental Relations?'

I love a hard copy!

That being said, our @conunitucl.bsky.social report on options for reforming Stormont is available as a free download here:

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A must-listen from @alan renwick @conor kelly, Alan Whysall, with Rory Montgomery @arinsproject.bsky.social @conunitucl.bsky.social x.com/arinsproject...

Congratulations Conor🎉🎉🎉. A lovely photo & memory!

Congratulations @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky!

The Shared Island Initiative and @esri.ie deserve enormous credit for their significant contributions to rigorous comparative research about the island of Ireland.

The conversations are much better informed as a result.

Today, we have published 'Sharing the Island: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities: Evidence from an ESRI Research Programme.'

🔎 Read more findings from the joint research programme: www.esri.ie/news/taoisea...

📄 Download the full report: www.esri.ie/news/taoisea...

The programme has produced 16 research reports to date adding to understanding of current and potential linkages across the island of Ireland in a range of economic, social and environmental domains.

Today, the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, delivered the keynote address and launched the report ‘Sharing the Island: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities: Evidence from an ESRI Research Programme’.

Read more: www.esri.ie/news/taoisea...

Download the report: www.esri.ie/publications...

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Also interesting: govts agreed ‘that any joint approach to legacy will require agreement on all key issues, including…ensuring that there are clear reciprocal commitments by both the UK Government and the Government of Ireland’. (meaning Irl plays its part more actively?) @edwardburke.bsky.social

British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) Joint Communiqué Today the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn MP, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Fleur Anderson MP, attended the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in Hillsbo...

BIIGC: ‘Ministers reflected on the recent UK-Ireland Summit, including on how future meetings of the BIIGC could complement the programme of cooperation agreed at the Summit’. Good to see planning about how new summit relates to B-IIGC www.gov.uk/government/n...

British-Irish conference meeting set for NI for first time since 2006 Secretary of State Hilary Benn will host Tánaiste Simon Harris and Irish Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan.

Great to see! Report is a little inaccurate: BIIGC doesn’t meet twice a year- it meets 3/4 times a year now, but isn’t obliged to (didn’t meet at all from 07 to 18). I think reporter is confusing it with BIC? Headline B-I conf a bit vague too! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Link here for anyone else who like me, is behind with ‘news’! gov.ie/en/department-…

Ashamed I’m only reading the full text of @MichealMartinTD #sharedisland speech now & couldn’t attend! A key landmark, with reconciliation at fore, citing Eavan Boland, ‘Mother Ireland’ “now I could tell my story, it was different from the story told about me’ #sharedhomeplace