Join us on Thursday, 8 January 2026, at the RIA for a discussion of the @arinsproject.bsky.social Public Opinion surveys. This one-day seminar brings together leading international experts to explore insights from the ARINS surveys. Tickets available now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

This week we had informative conversations in London around For and Against a United Ireland (RIA, 2025) by Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social) & Sam McBride (@sjamcbride.bsky.social). Thanks to @clairehanna.bsky.social & @robinswannmp.bsky.social for hosting a Westminster briefing on the subject

For and Against a United Ireland reviewed by Andy Pollak: "I would make this balanced and scrupulous treatment of the great existential issue of this island required reading for every Irish & Northern Irish sixth year school student and first year undergraduate."

Commission by the ARINS project, For and Against a united Ireland, is available in book shops and online: shop.ria.ie/products/for... @arinsproject.bsky.social is a collaboration between the University of Notre Dame and the Royal Irish Academy. @fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social

Check out the review of For and Against a united Ireland in this weekends @irishtimes.com: "For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride: Arguing to end apathy of ‘undecideds’ Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride demonstrate the importance of free and reasoned deliberation."

Join the For&Against discussion chaired by Sarah Carey in @NCH_Music on 30th Nov at 7pm @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @arinsproject.bsky.social

🎧 Have you listened yet? Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar joins the ARINS My Identity Podcast to discuss national identity, religion, family, and his book Speaking My Mind. Spotify: bit.ly/4q92RH2 Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4nIEYEN SoundCloud: bit.ly/48ZKuOD

🎙️Listen to Sam McBride and Fintan O’Toole speak to @markcarruthers7.bsky.social about their new book debating a potential united Ireland on Red Lines today. For and Against is in book shops now with upcoming events in Dublin, Belfast and London. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Listen to Paul Anderson, Coree Brown Swan, and Rory Montgomery on European Perceptions of Scottish Independence Before and After Brexit. 🎙️spoti.fi/3HsW0GG 🎙️bit.ly/3FyMzFb arinsproject.com @RIAdawson @NDIrishStudies

Pre-order now and book to attend our accompanying events with Fintan and Sam - 17 Nov in Belfast and 30 Nov in Dublin at arinsproject.com @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

🎤 Live at the National Concert Hall 30th November 19:00 Join Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride in conversation around their new book For and Against a United Ireland, exploring the questions, challenges, and hopes behind this pivotal topic. 🎟️ Secure your tickets: bit.ly/4nwI1A4 📘 Out this October

📢 Speaker Announcement! We’re pleased to welcome Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social to #MacGill25, where she’ll speak on the panel “Fractured Communities: From Disconnection to Discord.” 🎟️ Register now for #MacGill25, in association with @notredame.bsky.social: macgilllsummerschool.com

📣Speaker Reveal! Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social, Europe Correspondent at the South China Morning Post, will host "Caught in the Crossfire: Ireland, Trump, and the China Dilemma" at #MacGill25 next week. 🎟️ Register now: macgillsummerschool.com in association w/ @notredame.bsky.social

📣 Speaker Announcement! Lucinda Creighton, CEO of Vulcan Consulting & former Minister for European Affairs, joins #MacGill25 in Glenties this July. She’ll bring sharp insight into Europe’s place in a fractured world. 🎟️ Register: macgillsummerschool.com #IrishDebate #Donegal #MacGill2025

📣 Speaker Announcement! Ivana Bacik, Leader of the Labour Party, joins #MacGill25 this month to discuss whether the constitution has atrophied. 🎟️ Register now: macgillsummerschool.com, July 17-19 in partnership with @notredame.bsky.social

Seán Gallagher — entrepreneur, author, and two-time presidential candidate — joins #MacGill25! He’ll join the panel “Let’s Talk About the Presidency” to share unique insights on Irish leadership and beyond. 🎟 Register: macgillsummerschool.com in association with @notredame.bsky.social

📣Speaker Announcement! David W. Higgins. Independent economist and co-host of the Next Round podcast, David brings sharp, data-driven insight to the big questions of policy and society. Catch him next week at #MacGill2025! 🎟️ macgillsummerschool.com In association w/ @notredame.bsky.social

📣Speaker Reveal! Jess Majekodunmi. Design historian, innovation researcher & Director at Accenture’s Human Sciences Studio. With a passion for bold thinking, Jess will host “Taboo Ideas to Transform Ireland?” at #MacGill2025. In association w/ @notredame.bsky.social 🎟️ macgillsummerschool.com

Session Spotlight💡 4th of July Edition! Trump, China, Ireland. 🌏 Can we stay neutral in a new world order? Join Mary Gallagher, @fbermingham.bsky.social, @billemmott.bsky.social & @donnachadcu.bsky.social for this big picture debate. 🇺🇸🇮🇪🇨🇳 In partnership with @notredame.bsky.social #MacGill25

📢 Speaker Announcement! We're delighted to welcome Sarah Carey, Irish journalist and broadcaster with @independent.ie, to #MacGill25. She’ll bring sharp insights on a changing Ireland. 🎟️Register: macgillsummerschool.com, July 17-19 in association with @notredame.bsky.social

📣 Speaker Announcement! Prof. Mary Gallagher, Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs at @notredame.bsky.social, joins #MacGill25 to discuss Ireland, Trump, and the China Dilemma. 🎟️ Register: macgillsummerschool.com, in association with @notredame.bsky.social @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social

Theme Reveal 🌍 This July in Glenties, we’re tackling: 'A Fractured World.' From geopolitics to identity, can Ireland find clarity in the chaos? Join the conversation → #MacGill25 | July 17–19 🔗 macgillsummerschool.com #IrishPolitics #AFracturedWorld #Donegal #PublicDebate #Glenties #Summerschool

📢 Speaker Announcement! Minister Dr. Caoimhe Archibald MLA @caoimhearchibald.bsky.social will join #MacGill25 in conversation with Noel Doran on "Northern Ireland in a Fractured World." 🎟️ Register now for #MacGill25: macgillsummerschool.com in association with @notredame.bsky.social

📣 Speaker Announcement! Attorney General Rossa Fanning joins Ruadhán Mac Cormaic at #MacGill25 to discuss "Has the Constitution Atrophied?" @ruadhan.bsky.social‬ 🎟️ Register now for #Macgill25, July 17–19 — in association with @notredame.bsky.social macgillsummerschool.com

🎟️ Registration is now OPEN for #MacGill25 Secure your spot for July 17-19 in Glenties, Donegal: www.eventbrite.ie/e/macgill-su... 🚨Limited tickets available! Register Now! In partnership with @notredame.bsky.social #IrishDebate #Donegal #MacGillSummerSchool

Eoin Morgan is just one example of why national identities are complex questions

In @irishtimes.com today Fitzgerald argues: “An effective way to tackle underperforming education would be to eliminate selection at age 11, integrate schools, and provide a unitary post-primary system.” 🎙️🎧our recent podcast on education across the island: open.spotify.com/episode/4dzX...

check out Episode four of the #ARINS My Identity podcast which is now available! Listen to Professor Colin Graham in conversation with Lata Sharma: 🎙️ bit.ly/4jaOAFT arinsproject.com @RIAdawson @NDIrishStudies

Is there a trajectory towards Irish unity? Join us tonight for a lecture and discussion given by Peter Shirlow and Brian Dougherty 📍Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson St. Dublin 2 📅Wed, 9 April ⏲️6 pm 🎟️tickettailor.com/events/royalir… @PeterShirlow

The WB Yeats Postdoctoral Fellowship in Irish literature @ndirishstudies.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML961/t...

The latest #ARINS podcast is now available! O’Leary, Garry, Walsh and Pow discuss the survey results with host Rory Montgomery: arinsproject.com @RIAdawson @NDIrishStudies Listen now: 🎙️Spotify: bit.ly/4hcJXJJ 🎙️Soundcloud: bit.ly/4knjsEe

The new #ARINS seminar series launches this Thursday 20 March. Dr Philip McGuinness, 'Communal nip and tuck: unionism and nationalism in recent elections' Book now: bit.ly/42uaCy7 @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

The researchers of the ARINS/Irish Times north south surveys (Garry, O'Leary, Pow, Walsh) will discuss their methodologies, findings & reflections in 2 panel discussion events 📅Mon, 10 March @ 6pm @RIAdawson 📅Thurs, 13 March @ 5.30pm @QUBelfast Book in arinsproject.com

The researchers of the ARINS/Irish Times north south surveys (Garry, O'Leary, Pow, Walsh) will discuss their methodologies, findings & reflections in 2 panel discussion events 📅Mon, 10 March @ 6pm @RIAdawson 📅Thurs, 13 March @ 5.30pm @QUBelfast Book in arinsproject.com

Latest #ARINS / @irishtimes.com survey: Southerners are firmly opposed whilst public in the North is moderately supportive of Nato membership under unification. Analysis and comment from the academic team: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025... @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie

‘Voters in the Republic are strongly opposed to membership of both Nato and the Commonwealth for a new united Ireland… putting them at odds with voters in Northern Ireland.’ @irishtimes.com @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie

‘In 2022 the ARINS/Irish Times survey found 27 per cent in favour of unity in the North. In 2023 the figure was 30 per cent. In our latest 2024 survey 34 per cent indicate support for unity.’ 🗞️Read more: bit.ly/4hqwTkT

The latest #ARINS / @IrishTimes survey suggests a ‘sharp rise in the proportion of Northern Catholics saying they would vote for a united Ireland – up from 55 per cent in 2022 to 63 per cent in 2024’. 🗞️Read more: bit.ly/3WRpcMr @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

Today #ARINS / @irishtimes.com survey results: ‘an average annual increase in the pro-unity position in Northern Ireland of three-and-a-half percentage points, and a two-percentage point decline of support for the Union over the same period.’ 🗞️: bit.ly/4hqwTkT @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

The latest #ARINS / @irishtimes.com Survey indicates: ‘Support for Irish unity has grown significantly in the past three years in Northern Ireland, though a clear majority remains in favour of remaining part of the United Kingdom’ 🗞️Read more: bit.ly/3WRpcMr

The latest #ARINS podcast is now available! Listen to Ian d’Alton and Ida Milne on the lives of Southern Irish Protestants now: 🎙️Spotify: spoti.fi/3WL3hqk 🎙️Soundcloud: bit.ly/3WRqkQ9 arinsproject.com @NDIrishStudies @RIAdawson @milnem @Iandal

ARINS new quarterly academic seminar launches on 20 March, 4.30 pm Philip McGuinness presents: 'Communal nip and tuck: unionism and nationalism in recent elections' Chaired by Professor John Garry, QUB in collaboration with the Mitchell Institute. Book here: bit.ly/42uaCy7

Manchán Magan and Colin Graham discuss identity this afternoon @ria.ie Manchán contemplates what it means to be Irish and how it changes over time: 'it's an expression of all those living on this island... but also those who have left...'

Award-winning poet Michael Longley dies aged 85. RIP. He was a great poet and a kind and generous man. I was very grateful for his permission to quote his beautiful poem The Linen Industry in full in Dirty Linen. Thinking of his wife Edna and his three children www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The poet Michael Longley has died at the grand age of 85. He was one of the greatest lyrical poets writing in the English language. I feel the loss already of his necessary voice. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The first episode of our new podcast series 'My Identity' is available now. Colin Graham speaks to Gail McConnell about the experiences that shaped her identity and work. Listen now 🎙️ Spotify: spoti.fi/3Wttrxz Soundcloud: bit.ly/4gqNWCl

Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

In this month’s ARINS podcast @mbrowndcu.bsky.social and @stephen-roulston.bsky.social discuss education systems on the island of Ireland with host Rory Montgomery. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/41Bej4C & read the paper here: bit.ly/3BCCZyX

Songs, abuse and jeers about England matter little in today’s relationship between Britain and the Republic, but they matter in the North/South relationship, argues historian, Mike Cronin www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...