Mary C. Murphy
@MaryCMurphy
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Professor of Political Science | Director of the Irish Institute | Boston College | Researching Brexit, the EU, Ireland and Northern Ireland
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Our new book - written by
@jevershed01
and I - has a title which seems more apt than ever today. It will be published on St Patrick's Day and is available for pre-order now
Starting to feel real now,
@MaryCMurphy
!
📖'A Troubled Constitutional Future' available now to pre-order. With thanks to
@ClaireHanna
and
@tconnellyRTE
for their generous reviews!
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This young man - my brother Declan - got his first shot of the vaccine today and he and his family couldn't be happier!
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'Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg admitted to me he didn’t know what the Irish border was' - Bertie Ahern
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Bottom line: Reproaches from Britain (and in this case a former unelected Brexit Minister) will harden rather than moderate US resolve to see the
#NIProtocol
implemented. It is an ill-advised British strategy 5/5
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Today is
#WorldDownSyndromeDay
and although I can't see him right now, I'm proud to say this fine young man is my brother.
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After 21 yrs, today I take my leave of
@UCC
. I've had a wonderful two decades here! I'm very thankful for great students & colleagues & the many opportunities which UCC gave me. I will always look back with gratitude on my yrs here. Now it's on to the next chapter
@BostonCollege
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US support for upholding and implementing the
#NIProtocol
is resolute. It is also *bipartisan* at a time when few issues in US politics enjoy bipartisan support 2/5
Thank you to members of
@HocGfa
and others for meeting with me in Washington DC this week. My key takeaway:
👉 US support for
#GFA
and implementation of
#NIprotocol
is high level, bipartisan and resolute.
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With respect, this is a mis-characterisation of the current situation in NI. To portray the riots as signalling the death of hope does not acknowledge that the vast majority of people in NI abhor and reject this violence and continue to support the
@BelfastAgmt
.
The 10th April 1998 the Good Friday Agreement was signed. The people of Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland rejoiced. The politicians of Northern Ireland, the Republic, Mainland UK & US had achieved the impossible. Had given us hope.
On 6th April 2021, this hope is dying.
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And that support exists at the *most* senior levels across the White House, Senate and Congress 3/5
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Support is also evident beyond politics including among senior academics and leading business figures. Note in particular, the membership and work of the
@HocGfa
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The European Union and Ireland are trying to preserve Northern Ireland’s fragile stability. The British government is playing with fire.
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I am delighted to announce that
@hayward_katy
is delivering the first
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture of 2022 'What should we do about the Irish border? Reflections in light of Brexit, the Protocol & reordered British-Irish relnship', 2-3pm, 10 Feb. Register here
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Possibly my favourite gift this morning 😀 Happy Christmas all!
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Britain is uncomfortable because Ireland has the upper hand for the first time via
@IrishTimesOpEd
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“It is being talked about in every town and city in Ireland, ..." - I'm not sure this is true tbh.
‘Realistic, achievable, necessary’: Mary Lou McDonald pushes EU to back Irish reunification via
@IrishTimes
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After it was agreed on 10 April 1998, copies of the Good Friday Agreement were distributed to all homes in Northern Ireland. This is my copy from back then. It's a bit battered and bruised, but it has survived
#GFA25
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He left it late but my brother Declan letting me know that he got to the polling station just in time!
#myopinionmyvote
#GE2020
@DownSyndromeIRL
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A very proud evening in the beautiful Titanic Hotel in Belfast yesterday, as
@jevershed01
and I were awarded the
@UACES
Best Book Prize for 'A Troubled Constitutional Future: Northern Ireland after Brexit' published by
@agendapub
.
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Ireland venting
#Brexit
incredulity and bitter disappointment in equal measure this evening.
The UK has proposed the creation of a string of customs posts along both sides of the Irish border as part of its effort to replace the
#brexit
backstop, RTÉ News understands.
@tconnellyRTE
reports |
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Irish MEP says UK not brave enough to hold 2nd Brexit referendum | Another FG figure criticises UK Brexit strategy
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Ireland's new Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
launched my last book on Northern Ireland and
#Brexit
@UCC
in August 2018. He then very generously presented a copy of the book to EU Brexit Negotiator
@MichelBarnier
in Brussels the following month. I wish him well as he assumes office.
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Warmest thanks to
@freyamcc
@IrishTimes
for giving me the opportunity to talk about my new role here
@BostonCollege
, and in particular, my ambitions for Boston College's Irish Institute.
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Many thanks to
@BeattieDoug
for visiting
@UCC
today where he engaged frankly and honestly with colleagues, students and guests on all things
#Brexit
,
#NIProtocol
and
#GFA
. Recording to follow!
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My 80 year old father-in-law, who lives next door but is in isolation, just sent dinner into us!
#coronavirus
#delicious
#slightlymorto
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How fortunate we are for John Hume having been amongst us. May we never forget his courage and his sacrifice and most importantly, may we be unrelenting in working to guard and protect his remarkable legacy
#JohnsLight
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Dinner courtesy of my 80 year old father-in-law who lives next door and insists on cooking for us once a week during
#COVID19
crisis!
#baconandcabbage
#delicious
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I'm not normally moved to respond to such developments - but this is an appalling misjudgement and contemptibly disrespectful to Europeans and Irish alike.
Johnson makes common cause with Poles v EU. In call he "updated PM Morawiecki on the NI Protocol. He outlined need to make urgent progress in order to protect GFA. He underlined his concerns about role of ECJ in NI and noted the debate in Poland about the role of the Court too.”
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'Europe and Northern Ireland's Future: Negotiating Brexit's Unique Case' is out now:
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Thread. The 'NI-only backstop' option deserves to be taken seriously. 1/6
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The first
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture of 2019 'Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain' will be delivered by
@fotoole
on Wednesday 16 January at 4pm in
@glucksman
gallery. Note the change of venue! All welcome
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Very proud of this book & very grateful to all those who came along last night to support
@jevershed01
and I. Thanks to
@psaitweets
& all who sent good wishes. Special thanks to
@MatthewOToole2
for his very kind words. The book sold out!
More copies here
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We are delighted that
@uuponline
leader
@BeattieDoug
will deliver the next
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture
'Brexit, the Protocol, the Belfast Agreement: The winners, the losers & the casualties'
23 March @ 3pm in-person & online
All welcome. Register here:
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So proud of my brother Declan - definitely the coolest member of our family!
#WDSD2022
#DownSyndrome
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Although he's unfortunately not going to make it to
#Cork
, I am delighted to announce that
@anandMenon1
will be delivering the first online
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture of 2021 'Brexit: What happened and where are we headed?' All welcome
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My brother has just texted urging me to go vote!!
#ThisTimeImVoting
#EUelections2019
#myopinionmyvote
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Very interesting to hear
@NaomiOhReally
's concern that a (dominant) British media is the lens through which Ireland views the EU and how this is consequential for future challenging EU debates for Ireland
@IACESInfo
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Very welcome news for all students from NI and Britain who might like to consider studying in Cork. We would love to welcome you to
@UCC
👇
Signed two new laws today to ensure students from Northern Ireland and the UK that study here can access our student grant system & that Irish students who study in the UK will also be able to avail of the grant system post
#Brexit
. Hope this helps
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Today after many years in the role, I stepped down as President of
@IACESInfo
. Honoured to have had the opportunity to lead the Association and looking forward to see it grow and advance further. Best wishes to the new leadership team
@jevershed01
@Giadina_1988
and
@EtainTannam
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At the end of a year of extraordinary loss and immense challenge, remembering those we lost and grateful for all those frontline workers who served. Thinking too of friends in NI and across Britain this
#Brexit
eve and wishing you all well
#HappyNewYear2021
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Following last night's Westminster vote, we'll be looking at
#Brexit
, the backstop and what next. Join us in
@UCC
with
@IrishTimes
columnist
@fotoole
who delivers the first Jean Monnet Lecture of 2019 at 4pm in
@glucksman
. All welcome
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Today is
#WorldDownSyndromeDay
! To mark the occasion, I pay tribute to my brother Declan - who is much cooler than me (but equally dismayed by
#Brexit
).
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DUP meeting on party's Brexit stance did not discuss impact on Northern Ireland, says Jim Wells
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BBC News - Brexit: NI Assembly votes to extend transition period In contrast, NI Executive failed to agree a position
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From all us at UCC, we wish you a happy Christmas🎄
Nollaig shona daoibh go léir
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Irish ex-diplomats claim Britain does not engage very willingly with Ireland
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I'll be talking about my book 'Europe and Northern Ireland's Future: Negotiating Brexit's Unique Case' at an
@iiea
event with
@markdurkan
on Wed. 27 June at 12.45
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Thank you
@Bentonra
. Delighted to have secured funding to support
@IACESInfo
for another few years. Watch this space for updates on future plans!
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Having a Christmas drink in Jack Meades Pub in
#waterford
and this record of the
@BelfastAgmt
is on the wall. The glass is cracked ... but not broken! Maybe it's a metaphor ...
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Many thanks to Sighle Fitzgerald and the
@CGBostonIreland
team for the warm welcome. I'm excited to work with Irish and US colleagues here in Boston in my role as Director of
@BostonCollege
's Irish Institute.
Delighted to welcome Professor
@MaryCMurphy
, the new Director of the Irish Institute at
@BostonCollege
, to the Consulate. Looking forward to partnering with Professor Murphy in her new role.
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Watching
#Brexit
from our garden in
#Cork
as a flotilla of trawlers approaches the city | Up to 50 trawlers protest against Brexit fishing quotas at Cork Harbour via
@IrishTimes
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Fascinating coverage of 50 years of my alma mater
@UL
on
@RTENationwide
. It's establishment and programmes were extraordinarily innovative in the Ireland of 1972. And one of its earliest graduates is the incomparable
@BrigidLaffan
! Very proud to be a graduate.
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Leader of
@allianceparty
@naomi_long
will be joining us on 24 March at 3pm to deliver the third of this year's
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lectures. The theme is 'Brexit, Northern Ireland and the Protocol'. All welcome. Register here:
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No
#Brexit
tonight! Settling in for the
#LateLateToyShow
. It's such a big deal here in Ireland that my wonderful niece - the brand new Muinteoir Aoife - sent all her 5th class students home with a bag of treats 🍫🍭🍬
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At the
@UCC
launch of 'Cork and the Brexit Effect', some notable and timely comments from Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
about the damage done to British-Irish relations by
#Brexit
and
#NIProtocolBill
. 1/5
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Huge thanks to
@hayward_katy
for her
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture today. It was a clear and frank overview of where things stand for Northern Ireland vis-a-vis Brexit and the Protocol. Recording available shortly and definitely worth a listen.
Last call to register for today's
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture at 2pm when
@hayward_katy
will discuss:
'What should we do about the Irish border?
Reflections in light of Brexit, the Protocol, and the reordered British-Irish relationship'
Register here:
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Many congrats to
@UCC
's
@theresareidy
on the launch of 'Politics in the Republic of Ireland' (7th ed) in Belfast this evening. Theresa is co-editor with
@AnMailleach
, John Coakley and Michael Gallagher of this important text and a number of
@uccgovpol
have contributed chapters.
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'There is cross community support for the backstop in NI'
@allianceparty
's
@SorchaEastwood
provides a refreshingly honest and forthright testimony about the need for a
#Brexit
deal which protects NI interests
#DCUBrexitBackstop
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Doug Beattie, MLA and
@uuponline
leader, will be in
@UCC
on 23 March @ 3pm to deliver an important lecture:
'Brexit, the Protocol, the Belfast Agreement: The winners, the losers & the casualties'
Join us in-person or online. All welcome. Register here:
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AND one last thing: Ireland being described here by Arlene Foster as 'some backwater of the European Union' is unnecessarily crass and insulting 7/7.
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My new book 'Europe and Northern Ireland's Future' will be launched in the Staff Common Room
@UCC
by
@MichealMartinTD
on Thursday 26 July, 5-7pm. All welcome. Register your attendance by emailing government
@ucc
.ie
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What are the Irish government’s Brexit priorities? A united Ireland is not one of them
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Friends, a light-hearted gift from
#Cork
!
Loyalism, but in a house share in Cork
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Some important insights here from
@NaomiOhReally
- which are potentially even more prescient in light of the
@FT
story | Shared Island: How EU would react to Irish unity referendum via
@IrishTimes
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On the day when
@MichealMartinTD
launches my new book
@UCC
, here's a synopsis | Brexit and the North: making a bad situation worse via
@IrishTimesBooks
@DubrayBooks
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The Irish Institute
@BostonCollege
is delighted to be partnering with colleagues across Ireland to discuss US-Ireland relations on the centenary of the diplomatic relationship.
All welcome but registration is essential:
To mark a centenary of diplomatic ties with the United States, University of Galway
@UCC
&
@QUBelfast
are partnering with the Irish Institute of
@BostonCollege
for a conference with a distinguished lineup of speakers at
@RIAdawson
Fri Oct 4. Register:
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For those of you who missed
@hayward_katy
's
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture last week, here's the recording 👇
This one is well worth a listen 👍
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Very happy to be part of these important conversations and to support the work of my colleague
@cjhumanrights
Thank you to
@EmmandJDeSouza
@michaelpierse
@DevlinMartina
@UnaMullally
@Tanya_Ward
@connolly16frank
@aoifemod
@CRGMurray
@LisaClaireWhit1
@MaryCMurphy
@JohnDoyleDCU
@seamusmcguinnes
@AileenMcHarg
@EtainTannam
@KRWLaw
And all those not on here.
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Huge congrats to
@fionamaybuckley
on being awarded honorary vice president of
@UCC
@uccgovpol
this evening. Fiona was the first President of the
@uccgovpol
- just a few years ago!
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'We're all in this together': Watching An Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
address the nation, on this the strangest of
#StPatricksDay
, I've rarely felt more proud of my country and its approach to
#COVID19
.
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Very best wishes to
@SteveAikenUUP
. As
@uuponline
leader, Steve was always willing to engage with academics. This kind of dialogue and engagement is not just welcome, but important. Steve's contribution to the
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture Series has been one of its highlights.
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The last two years have been tough for students. However, despite the difficulties,
@UCC
's Politics students have excelled. Read all about our 2021 Politics Prizewinners
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'Transatlantic peacemaking'
I'm back in Ireland on 4 October for a special cross-institutional & transatlantic collaboration between
@uniofgalway
@UCC
@QUBelfast
in partnership with the Irish Institute
@BostonCollege
.
All welcome. Register here: 1/2
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Interested in knowing more about Brexit? Check out our new short course
@UCC
'Stuck in the Middle with EU: Ireland, Northern Ireland and the politics of Brexit'
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Join us online on Thurs at 2pm for the first
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture of 2022 when
@hayward_katy
will be discussing:
What should we do about the Irish border? Reflections in light of Brexit, the Protocol, & reordered British-Irish relationship
Register:
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Great to have
@anandMenon1
@UKandEU
in
@UCC
#Cork
today discussing all things
#Brexit
.
@edsheeran
is in
#Cork
today too!
Coincidence??!!
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I'm looking forward to being back home in Ireland on Friday 4 October to participate in a timely conference
@RIAdawson
examining 'Transatlantic Peacemaking" The role of the USA in making and sustaining peace in Ireland, north and south'. All are welcome
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Aside from the obvious significance of today's
#InaugurationDay
it is particularly special and inspiring to be witnessing
@KamalaHarris
become the first female Vice President of the United States.
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A very impassioned defence of Ireland's membership of the EU from An Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
at today's
@IIEA
event: 'The EU is Ireland's home'.
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This week I had the pleasure of being external examiner for
@LisaClaireWhit1
's PhD thesis. It is a VERY fine piece of work and speaks to today's judgement i.e. Brexit/Protocol might change NI's constitution, but it does not change NI's constitutional status as part of the UK.
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Many thanks to all those who attended today's book launch and particular gratitude to
@markdurkan
for his support. Special mention too for
@BooksUpstairs
for being at today's launch and for stocking the book!
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All welcome! The next
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture will consider 'Brexit and the Middle-Ground in Northern Ireland' and will be delivered by
@duncan_morrow
@UlsterUni
on Monday 6 December, 4-5pm. Please register here:
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Huge thanks to
@naomi_long
@allianceparty
for an insightful discussion of
#Brexit
, Northern Ireland and the Protocol at today's
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture. Recording available tomorrow.
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For EU, it's about implementation of the Protocol.
For UK govt, it's about hollowing out the Protocol.
For DUP, it's about voiding the Protocol.
@BrigidLaffan
speaking at today's excellent
@CCBS
conference
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And I have a chapter in here on Ireland and Brexit!
Now Published! The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Brexit
"…this book is the indispensable guide to Brexit." - Vivien A. Schmidt, Boston University, USA.
@PNedergaardKU
@BenRosamond1
@PatrickDiamond1
@oliver_daddow
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Bravo
@Bentonra
👏👏👏
UCD moves to ‘clarify its position’ on Ukraine after professor quits management role via
@IrishTimes
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Tomorrow! 'Is the EU too soft in defending democracy?'
@Judy_Dempsey
delivers the February
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture. All welcome. Final chance to register here
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'Brexit: Negotiating the Negotiations' | RTE's Europe Editor
@tconnellyRTE
will deliver this month's Jean Monnet lecture
@UCC
| 4pm Thursday 12 April in ORBG27 | All welcome
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This month's
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture features two speakers!
@PeterKGeoghegan
and
@nealerichmond
will discuss 'The EU and the Dangers of Disinformation, Dark Money and Dirty Politics'. All welcome | Thurs. 22 April @ 3pm. Register here
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Fascinating discussion between
@JohnOBrennan2
@BrigidLaffan
&
@gavinesler
examining his new book 'How Britain Ends'. My take-away: The far-reaching significance of the
#Brexit
rupture will continue to impact (quite dramatically) on our two islands for many, many years to come ...
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In this
@lsebrexitvote
blog,
@EtainTannam
and I discuss how Brexit highlights the ways in which key foundational principles of the Agreement can be vulnerable when a profound challenge arises
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The recording of Anand Menon's
@UCC
Jean Monnet Lecture 'Brexit: What happened and where are we headed?' is now available
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My letter in today's
@News_Letter
| It is a disservice to moderate unionists to imply that backing NI protocol is akin to support for united Ireland
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