This paper is based on a set of case studies of cross-border co-operation, and focuses
in particular on four of these: youth training, health, economic development
and electricity generation. While each sector raises ...
Roper, Stephen(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
Cross-border and local cooperation can foster local learning and contribute positively to business performance and social cohesion. This paper considers firms’
economic motivation for both types of cooperation around the ...
This paper examines the impact of the Belfast Agreement on north-south economic
cooperation in Ireland, using the tourism industry as a case study. The first part of
the paper sets out the suggested benefits that may ...
This paper provides a brief outline of the findings of the much larger mapping study
of funding support for cross-border cooperation which is based on Border Ireland
and has been written as part of the wider Mapping ...
This paper examines how the two parts of Ireland were affected by the partition of
the country in 1922. It examines the post-partition evolution of living standards north
and south, and patterns of trade, migration, and ...
This paper focuses on the significance of the cross-border dimension in promoting
peace and reconciliation. Its central argument is that cross-border co-operation can help undermine the territorial “caging” which has been ...
Hayward, Katy(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
This paper analyses three local newspapers in the Derry-Donegal region for their presentation of cross-border issues in a two year period (2004-5). The border is portrayed in all three papers as a locus of political ...
This paper examines the functioning of the North-South implementation bodies formally
created in 1999 over the first five years of their existence. It reviews the political
and administrative difficulties that delayed ...
Bradley, John(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
This paper follows from another study, which showed that the industrial structures in the Republic and Northern Ireland are very different—the former with a cluster of modern high technology sectors, the latter retaining ...
Rankin, K. J.(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2006)
The abortive saga of the Irish Boundary Commission has largely been dismissed as a minor footnote that warrants little elaboration in Ireland’s partition discourse. This
is unsurprising considering that its final report, ...