More than 30 years on from the IRA’s ceasefire and more than 25 years after the Belfast Agreement was signed, the Catholic-Protestant divide in Northern Ireland still looms large. Teaching Catholic and Protestant children in the same classrooms originated in the darkest days of the Troubles when parents from both sides of the divide in … Read more
There is broad agreement among voters in Northern Ireland and in the Republic that east-west links between Ireland the UK should continue even if the North votes to join a united Ireland in any future referendum. Asked whether the principal east-west institution of the Belfast Agreement, the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIC), should continue if there … Read more
There is a stark divide on attitudes to immigration between Sinn Féin voters in Northern Ireland and in the Republic, with Northerners much more positive about the effects of inward migration than their Southern counterparts, according to the findings of voter surveys in both parts of the island. On the whole, voters in both Northern … Read more
Voters in the Republic are strongly opposed to membership of both Nato and the Commonwealth for a new united Ireland if that were to happen, putting them at odds with voters in Northern Ireland. People in Northern Ireland favour Nato membership over a united Ireland and are divided on Commonwealth membership, but the latest polls … Read more
Since 2022, the annual ARINS/Irish Times surveys have asked representative samples of the public in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland what they think about key aspects of the debate about possible Irish unification. They have been asked whether they think referendums should be held, and, if so, when. And, in that event, … Read more