Chrome360 | Oct 2017 | Brexit – The Irish Question

This month we are in Belfast to consider the implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

At the EU summit on 19-20 October, the EU27 called for more progress on the so-called separation issues – the Brexit bill, the rights of EU citizens, and the Northern Irish border – and postponed the decision as to whether the parties can move to trade talks until the next EU summit in December.

However, prior to the summit, the EU27 acknowledged that there had been progress on issues affecting the island of Ireland.  Both the EU and the UK agree that the challenges raised by Brexit for Ireland – Northern Ireland and the Republic – are unique and will require a bespoke solution.

A ChromeRadio production in partnership with Queen’s University, Belfast.  For more on Brexit, see Queen’s on Brexit and BrexitLawNI.

Podcast Playlist

• Briefing | David Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics, outlines the particular challenges Brexit presents for Northern Ireland, and thoughts on areas to explore in terms of possible solutions.
• Explainter | EU (Withdrawal) Bill | Colin Harvey, Professor of Human Rights Law,on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 and the key concerns the Bill raises as currently drafted.
• In Conversation | Professors Colin Harvey and Lee McGowan discuss the implications of Brexit for the Good Friday Agreement, the Common Travel Area, and the future of Northern Ireland as well as of the United Kingdom as a whole.
• A Sense of Place | Professor Glenn Patterson, writer and Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre, heads south for the border.  He visits Omeath and Newry to find out how those living along the border see the future post-Brexit.
• Witness | Dr Katy Hayward moved to Northern Ireland in 1995.  She reflects on the changes she has witnessed, and the impact of Brexit.  German postgraduate student Dominik Hamm arrived in Belfast in autumn 2016, shortly after the EU referendum.  He talks about what Brexit could mean for him.

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