At the meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council held on the 29th April 2021 the following Motion was passed:
That this Council recognises that the discussions about a constitutional change are now well underway and this Council has a duty to consult with its ratepayers on this important issue and the implications for the Council area and the wider north-west.
Therefore, calls on the Council to establish a working group on Irish unity and to begin a consultation with ratepayers and community and business representatives and with trade union, climate justice, LGBTQ+, migrant and social justice, all-island health, disability, mental health, rail and other social justice groups to assess views on the issues related to constitutional change.
To date, the Working Group has:
- Collated research materials in order share current thinking and findings/analysis
- Discussed the initial stages in the development of an inclusive approach to engaging citizens and other stakeholders.
Research Materials
As highlighted above, the Working Group has collated a number of reports, presentations and articles in relation to the issue of Constitutional Change. This research has been collated into the following categories:
- Legal, Constitutional and Ethical issues
- Strategy
- Key Statistics
- Economy
- Baseline References
- Opinion and General Commentary
- Social Policy - Welfare
- Education
- Health
- Cross Border
Individual documents can be accessed by clicking on the relevant category and selecting the appropriate link.
Google Drive File Index
LEGAL, CONSTITUTIONAL, ETHICS |
Belfast Good Friday Agreement |
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Getting Ready - The Need to Prepare for a Referendum on Reunification |
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The Good Friday Agreement and a United Ireland |
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The Perils of Referendums - A Review |
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The Franchise in Irish Unification Referendums |
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A Historic Referendum - but who are the People - A Response to 'The Franchise in an Irish Unification Referendum' by Christopher McCrudden, Oran Doyle and David Kenny |
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A Modest Proposal - Building a Deliberative System in Northern |
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The British-Irish Relationship and the Centrality of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference |
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The Long History of Hard-Won Agreements - A Response to Etain Tannam, ‘The British-Irish Relationship and the Centrality of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference’ |
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Let ‘the People’ Decide - Reflections on Constitutional Change and ‘Concurrent Consent’ |
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Constitutional Change - A Response to ‘Let “The People” Decide - Reflections on Constitutional Change and “Concurrent Consent”’ by Colin Harvey |
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Thinking Seriously about Irish Unity - A Response to ‘Let “The People” Decide - Reflections on Constitutional Change and “Concurrent Consent”’ by Colin Harvey |
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One Island, Two Peoples - Ethical Perspectives on Ireland's Constitutional Future |
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Implications for the Protection of Human Rights in a United Ireland |
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STRATEGY |
National Development Plan 2021-2030 |
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Research Paper_ Project, Policy & Progress |
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KEY STATISTICS |
Research Irish Studies in International Affairs |
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ROI NI Student Flow Report |
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NESC report on Regions in Ireland |
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ECONOMY |
Cross Border Trade In Services |
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Enhancing Attractiveness of Island of Ireland |
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Why the ‘Subvention’ does not Matter - Northern Ireland and the All-Ireland Economy |
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Detail on Brexit and Related Issues |
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Shared Island Tourism Opportunities Dialogue |
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Link to Minister Martin's Address (YouTube) |
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Link to Panel 1 Shared Island - Tourism Cooperation (YouTube) |
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ESRI Report Oct 2022 Brexit Impact |
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BASELINE REF |
Keynote address by Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the launch of the National Economic and Social Council |
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Shared Island Shared Opportunity: NESC Comprehensive Report |
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Analysis of Existing Statistics on Student Flows Between the RoI and NI in Higher Education |
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A Regional Perspective on Ireland, North and South |
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Shared Island - Projects, Progress and Policy A Regional Perspective on Ireland, North and South (Full Report) |
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NESC Report on Ireland Uneven Development (Press Release) |
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NESC Report on Ireland Uneven Development (Irish Times) |
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OPINION AND GENERAL COMMENTARY |
Editorial - Introducing ARINS - Analysing and Researching Ireland, North and South |
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The Hermeneutics of the Good Friday Agreement - A Response to 'Getting Ready' by Brendan O'Leary |
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On the Sanctity of Borders - A Response to 'Getting Ready' by Brendan O'Leary |
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Borders - A Reply to Christopher McCrudden and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin |
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Unionism, Identity and Irish Unity - Paradigms, Problems and Paradoxes |
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Traditions, Lives and New Identities in a Dynamic Political Landscape - A Response to 'Unionism, Identity and Irish Unity - Paradigms, Problems and Paradoxes' by Jennifer Todd |
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The Hermeneutics of the Good Friday Agreement - A Response to 'Getting Ready' by Brendan O'Leary |
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Configuring Irish Unification Process - A Response to 'The Good Friday Agreement and a United Ireland' by Rory Montgomery |
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Irish Unification - A Reply to Oran Doyle |
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A Crowded Stage - A Response to 'Cross-Border Cooperation Health in Ireland' by Deirdre Heenan |
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Thoughts of Quality of Life, North and South - A Response to 'Who is Better off' by Adele Bergin and Seamus McGuinness |
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Quality of Life - A Reply to John Fitzgerald |
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Calamitous Failure - A Reply to Ivan J. Perry |
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Deliberating across the Divide - A Response to 'A Modest Proposal' By Jane Suiter |
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Deliberating on the Constitutional Future - A Response to ‘A Modest Proposal - Building a Deliberative System in Northern Ireland’ by Jane Suiter |
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The Constitutional Future - A Reply to Colin Harvey |
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Deliberating across the Divide - A Response to 'A Modest Proposal' By Jane Suiter |
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Debating the Cost of Irish Reunification - A Response to ‘Why the Subvention does not Matter’ by John Doyle |
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Can British-Irish Cooperation Be Revived - A Response to ‘The British-Irish Relationship and the Centrality of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference’ by Etain Tannam |
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Challenges or Opportunities - A Response to ‘Comparing Social Security Provision in the North and South of Ireland’ by Ciara Fitzpatrick and Charles O'Sullivan |
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Brexit - The ‘Bread and Butter’ Implications - A Response to ‘Comparing Social Security Provision in the North and South of Ireland’ by Ciara Fitzpatrick and Charles O'Sullivan |
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A Problem of Policy Paralysis - A Response to ‘The Rise and Fall and Rise of Academic Selection - The Case of Northern Ireland’ by Martin Brown et al |
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Nothing of Benefit - A Response to ‘The Rise and Fall and Rise of Academic Selection - The Case of Northern Ireland’ by Martin Brown et al. |
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Establishing a New Laboratory - A Response to ‘A New Welfare Imaginary for the Island of Ireland’ by Mary P. Murphy |
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Converge or Diverge - One Island, Two Regimes - A Response to ‘A New Welfare Imaginary for the Island of Ireland’ by Mary P. Murphy |
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Welfare - A Reply to Fred Powell and to Charles O'Sullivan and Ciara Fitzpatrick |
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Pulpit to Public - Church Leaders on a Post-Brexit Island |
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Shaking Ideologies - A Response to ‘Pulpit to Public - Church Leaders on a Post-Brexit Island’ by Gladys Ganiel |
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Nation-making and Re-making - A Response to Brice Dickson, ‘The Protection of Human Rights in a United Ireland’ |
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Speech by RoI Minister Chambers on Sport Cooperation |
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Beyond the Path of Least Resistance Constructing a Referendum Franchise that Reflects the People of Northern Ireland A Response to ‘The Franchise in Irish Unification Referendums’ by Christopher McCrudden, Oran Doyle and Davi… |
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Setting the Franchise for a Northern Ireland Referendum on Unification - Discretion, Determination and the Common Good A Response to ‘The Franchise in Irish Unification Referendums’ by Christopher McCrudden, Oran Doyle and Da… |
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The Rules for Holding Referendums on Irish Unity - A Response to ‘The Perils of Referendums A Review’ by Matt Qvortrup |
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SOCIAL POLICY - WELFARE |
Who is Better Off - Measuring Cross-Border Differences in Living Standards, Opportunities and Quality of Life on the Island of Ireland |
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Comparing Social Security Provision North and South of Ireland - Past Developments and Future Challenges |
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A New Welfare Imaginary for the Island of Ireland |
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EDUCATION |
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Academic Selection - The Case of Northern Ireland |
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HEALTH |
Cross-Border Cooperation in Health in Ireland |
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Tracking the Wave of a Calamitious Failure - A Response to 'Obstacles to the Public Health that even Pandemics cannot Overcome - The Politics of Covid-19 on the Island of Ireland' by Ann Nolan et al |
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Collaborating on Healthcare on an All-Island Basis - A Scoping Study |
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Obstacles to Public Health that even Pandemics cannot Overcome - The Politics of Covid-19 on the Island of Ireland |
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CROSS BORDER |
Shared Island Consultation-Climate Bioversity |
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Shared Island - Project, Progress, Policy |
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Shared Island Awards |
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Detail on Brexit and Related Issues |
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Shared Island Tourism Opportunities Dialogue |
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Link to Minister Martin's Address (YouTube) |
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Link to Panel 1 Shared Island - Tourism Cooperation (YouTube) |
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Shared Island Summary 2021 |
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Taoiseach Marks One Year of Shared Island Initiative |
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BBIO Unity January 2022 |
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Cross-Border research projects to get €37m funding |
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