Common Ground

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

How might the Government of a unified island be constructed?

‘Inclusive’ coalition government is least unpopular

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

Voters in Republic at odds with those in North who say a united Ireland should belong to both organisations

North’s Protestants strongly favour membership of the Europe-North America military alliance in event of Irish unity

The book is at its most interesting when Durkan is quizzed about John Hume and what his predecessor had been trying to achieve

In the England I live in, I cling on to my Irishness more tightly than I might otherwise

Surveys and deliberative forums examine the state of public opinion in the Republic and Northern Ireland

Northern Protestants remain overwhelmingly against unity but show growing losers' consent

While unity vote would be soundly defeated in North a growing number of unionists support the holding of a border poll

A groundbreaking study has detailed the individual, social and economic costs of adverse childhood experiences - but also has indications of hope

Four or more adverse childhood experiences – a threshold more likely to lead to poorer health and educational outcomes – reported by 17.6% of people surveyed

Critics say there is an urgent need to overhaul how we teach Irish following a century of failure