Common Ground

Grandson of Irish immigrants wants to combat the ‘stigma and shame’ some survivors feel

Northern Ireland going for growth as it develops stronger links with North Carolina

Two congressmen call for envoy to give US companies certainty over investments

Talk of a new Ireland is one thing, but it must focus on improving people’s lives to be worth anything, women declare in Longford

In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean

Engaging with women’s experiences of partition helps to advance our perception of an enduring trauma and overcome a border in our minds

The two governments on message as joint initiatives on everything from wind energy to security abound at convivial UK-Ireland summit

Public open to new structures to accommodate a change reality

Different changes draw varying levels of support and hostility, but change in general has backing

Collaborative working can open the way for relationships and dialogue that benefit everyone, regardless of belief or identity

Taoiseach Micheal Martin says it is the ‘most extensive summit in a generation’ with the UK

Deliberative forum discussions showed concerns about all models

Participants were presented with five possible models for forming a government in the event of Irish unification

Northern voters want party from British unionist background in Government

Equally, the cost would be bad reason for the union to persist, so nationalists and unionists should want this spending to fall

‘Inclusive’ coalition government is least unpopular

How might the Government of a unified island be constructed?

Lower tuition fees and living costs in Derry are attracting more medical students from diverse backgrounds across the island

Irish unity poses difficulties for the party leader, Naomi Long, who has changed stance on Border poll

Naomi Long opposes decision of Dublin and London to look at merits of appointing representative to deal with the gangs

In a new book, The Sorrow And The Loss, the Belfast journalist turns his attention to the impact of the conflict on women on both sides of the Border

He became a firm supporter of the peace process

North-South trade has grown rapidly, but more could be done to turn the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor into a powerhouse, a conference has heard

The party’s reaction to the death of Brendan McFarlane shows how history continues to put up barriers to political progress in the North

Most companies on Ireland do first exports across Border

Keir Starmer has been advised to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP, which could be paid for by slashing social welfare

Charlie Flanagan describes tribute as ‘nauseating’

Some 92 hereditary peers’ seats will be abolished under legislation UK’s Labour government pledges to push through

Families have different views on the Omagh inquiry, but what they all hold sacred is the need for their loved ones’ stories to be heard

Unionists are ‘allowing republicans/nationalists to get inside our heads’ and control narrative on Irish unity being ‘inevitable’

Both have the least positive views on immigration of any two groups of party voters on the island

Tánaiste Simon Harris’s suggestion in Stormont recently that unification is ‘not a priority’ for him surprised few people

Most voters, North and South, say British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference should remain in place

Unification could sever North’s ties to Nato and Commonwealth, but Belfast Agreement provides for maintaining British–Irish links

Northern unionists are far more likely to be anti-immigration compared with their nationalist counterparts, while southern nationalists sit somewhere in between

SF voters in South resemble Northern unionists in attitudes to immigration

Most identify as British and would find Irish unity ‘almost impossible to accept’

Unity vote: Asked what would be their emotional response to a referendum which voted for unity, 27 per cent of Protestant voters in the North said they would hate it “extremely” or very much. Photograph: Getty

Expectations of positive feelings are more prevalent than negative ones

More than a third of voters in South say it is extremely important to plan for a possible united Ireland