Northern Ireland: Past, Present, Future

David Runciman, Helen Thompson, Richard Bourke and Niamh Gallagher

In the latest in our series on the fate of the Union, we talk to historians Richard Bourke and Niamh Gallagher about the history of Northern Ireland’s relationship to the rest of the UK. Plus we ask if Irish re-unification is coming and what it might look like.

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