What future do we want for the children of this shared island?

The Shared Island Unit is an opportunity to build greater north-south links

DEEP THINKER: Seamus Mallon who died last year

Micheál Martin

January 2021 is an important moment. Two governments on our island are working to manage a once-in-a-century pandemic, the difficult and disruptive reality of Brexit is presenting itself, and we are approaching the 100th anniversary of the partition of our island.

Combined, all of these factors are bringing added attention to questions around the constitutional future of our island and the relationship between Ireland and Britain.