Europe and Brexit

Policing the border: station numbers reduced

Since 1998 23 per cent of Garda stations on the border have been shut, raising questions on whether sufficient resources…

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The Norway-Sweden model

The Norway-Sweden border is regarded as constituting “the most advanced customs solutions in the world” utilising all the WTO’s international…

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Impact of Brexit on the UK economy

Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator of the Financial Times looks at what lies ahead for the UK…

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The border and Brexit: lessons from history

Paddy Mulroe, a native of Emyvale, teacher in Our Lady’s Secondary School, Castleblayney and author of the recently published Bombs,…

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In the search for solution: Minister Simon Coveney

Though an experienced cabinet Minister, nonetheless, the first eight months piloting the foreign affairs portfolio have required exceptional diligence on…

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Voices from the border

In October, over a period of two days, eolas Magazine traversed the cartographer’s line for 499km between Carlingford Lough on…

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Post-Brexit border options for customs

It is over a year since the UK Brexit referendum and the outcome has raised a wide range of challenges.…

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Coveney’s foreign affairs foray

Simon Coveney’s appointment to the Foreign Affairs portfolio has coincided with a marked tonal shift in Irish Government pronouncements on…

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Brexit and cross-border trade

Geographic location and economic interaction both place Northern Ireland in a particularly exposed position to changes in the economic relationship…

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Hogan: benefit of a free trade deal

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has expressed the view that Europe must strive for a free trade deal with the…

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