North and South

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

Prof Mary C Murphy, the new head of Boston College’s Irish Institute, says there’s nothing good to say about the ‘hugely destabilising’ Brexit period

These are not harmless notions to drop into public discourse from the top of an ivory tower. Everyone involved should take more care

The united Ireland conversation involves listening to people who don’t agree with you and whose advice you don’t want to hear

Ireland’s Future outlines in a discussion paper proposals to ‘prepare the ground’ for the next six years

Officials on both sides of the Border have been complicit in failure to deliver the necessary but controversial overground interconnector

Recent polling shows that attitudes to the flag remain deeply divided

We examined attitudes to potential Irish unity and related issues in the Republic and Northern Ireland

Poll reveals sharp fissures and in some instances a resistance to compromise

How the question is framed makes little difference to voters in the South, who oppose including them on coinage of a united Ireland

Survey finds that the way in which the question is posed has a significant impact on responses

Findings suggest views about the flag are somewhat entrenched, and may be hard to change

The findings of a survey on the shamrock and the Irish Tricolour pose interesting challenges to advocates of unification

Hostility softens depending on how the question is framed. That will matter in the debate on unity

The North and South series consists of two major, in-depth opinion polls conducted simultaneously in Northern Ireland and the Republic

Findings show that some apparently hardline positions could be open to change among some voters

Strength of hostility depends on how Commonwealth is described in polling question, suggesting views in the South could be open to change

Donald Clarke: Reunification will come, but Romulan annexation may come first

The South is not ready to welcome the North into a costly and pluralist new state. But nothing is set in stone

Irish Times research shows voters from Protestant background in North unlikely to identify as European

Survey finds two-thirds of Protestants feel ‘not at all’ European, unlike many southerners

Irish Times/ARINS surveys asked respondents North and South to consider reform of the presidency to create more inclusivity in a united Ireland

Southerners are divided on potential changes to the Irish flag or national anthem, while northerners are twice as likely to agree as disagree to changes

To provide information on the state of public opinion in both jurisdictions on the constitutional future of the island

A majority in the South will at least consider changes to the Constitution to accommodate unification but are divided on changes to the anthem and flag

A fifth of people in the South would opt to keep the Irish Constitution unchanged, compared with just one in 10 in the North

Voters in the Republic are divided on the question of a referendum on changes to the national flag and the national anthem

Slim majority of people in the Republic believe Irish unification would be costly in the short term but beneficial in the long term

A quarter of Southerners think Irish unification would benefit the North more than the South, while only one in 10 think the South would benefit more than the North

The view of the consequences of unity in the Republic is broadly more positive than in the North, a finding in tune with the broad support for the Irish unity seen in the polls in recent days

A similar proportion would vote for Irish unity if it increased their earnings

Survey finds a plurality of voters North and South favour the idea, with greater support in the North

ARINS/Irish Times surveys asked voters to assess how their vote would be influenced by positive or negative impact on their personal finances

Sovereignty may trump economics for some but for others the financial effects of unity would be decisive

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

Some 64% of voters in the South would vote for a united Ireland if a referendum were held now, with just 16% opposed to unification

United Ireland growing in importance in South and among Northern Catholics

The Irish Times/ARINS surveys shows that the answers to the constitutional question that may face both jurisdictions on this island have not changed since last year

Public opinion in North and South has remained largely stable on the idea of unification