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Research, information & support for collaboration across borders on the island of Ireland, Europe & beyond. Our S2@25 project is supported by #PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. #crossborder #projects #research crossborder.ie
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Get involved 📢

We're examining cross-border insurance and would like to hear from businesses, community & voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises & local authorities

What impact has #Brexit had on your cross-border policy premiums?

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November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Combatting economic crime on the island of Ireland: the work of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and An Garda Síochána

Commissioner Justin Kelly from An Garda Síochána & PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher gave a joint presentation at this year's Quigley Lecture.

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November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Leylandii and their look-a-likes, with Mark Duffell

Date for your diary: Tuesday 18 November, from 7-8pm

Identifying Cypress, Cupressus, Red-Cedar Thuja and other similar-looking conifers.

Organised by @bsbibotany.bsky.social, funded by @daera-ni.gov.uk

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Photo credit: Kim Lake, from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland registration page.
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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We're grateful to all the community & voluntary groups - & local authorities - that responded to our 19th quarterly survey on the Conditions for North-South & East-West Cooperation.

Watch the presentation, & read the report, on the findings at crossborder.ie/reports/brie...

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Photograph from Aidan and Ben's presentation.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Happy with your insurance? Public liability insurance premiums too high? Issues with claims? Policy restrictions?

Help us find out whether community organisations, local authorities & businesses have been encountering issues in insuring their cross-border activities

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Photograph of a training session with the camera close to the trainer and focusing on their hands. The participants in the background are blurred in the image.
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Loughs Agency has been enhancing aquatic habitats and sustainable angling through its Fisheries and Angling Improvement Strategy at:

Glennamuck - fencing, livestock gates, solar-powered pump, bankside stability:💧£35,880

Glenshane - 40 tonnes of limestone rubble mats:💧£4,680

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Glennamuck Fisheries Improvement Works. Glennamuck Fisheries Improvement Works. Glenshane Fisheries Improvement Works. Glenshane Fisheries Improvement Works.
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Insurance survey

Please respond if
* You have members of staff undertaking work or attending events in the other jurisdiction
* Your business or organisation provides services or goods on a cross-border basis
* You hold events in the other jurisdiction.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#survey
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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📖Study USA

Spend the 2026-27 academic year at a US college or university.

60 scholarship packages worth £50,000 available.

Application closing dates
* Sunday 9 November (higher education applications)
* Sunday 4 January (further education applications)

nireland.britishcouncil.org/opportunitie...
The 30th cohort of Study USA students pictured with Dr Erin Hinson (Study USA Student Support Advisor), Moira Doherty (Department for the Economy) and Jonathan Stewart (Director, British Council Northern Ireland) - all in row 3, centre left to right. Photo courtesy of Pacemaker Press International.
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Getting started with Rushes, with Lynda Weekes

Identifying rushes, grasses, and sedges

The @bsbibotany.bsky.social's Botanical Skills Webinar takes place on Tuesday 11 November from 7pm. @daera-ni.gov.uk has provided funding for the series of free talks.

www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Photo credit: 'Leafy Rush (Juncus foliosus), Beeston Common, Norfolk', by Mike Ball.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Is your community organisation based along the ROI/NI border, & does it serve communities on both sides?

Would you be interested in sharing your experiences with other organisations?

If you are interested in a networking event to share the challenges and opportunities, email anthony@crossborder.ie
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November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Survey on cross-border insurance

If your organisation is based in Northern Ireland or Ireland and undertakes activities in the other jurisdiction, the Centre would be grateful if you could respond to our survey on cross-border insurance.

forms.gle/6PtqnCXiiRf3...

#events #work #services #goods
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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👀 Lots of treats... and no tricks!

Catch up on this month's highlights from the Centre for Cross Border Cooperation - and other cross-border news - in our latest Border-Zine.

How many acronyms can you find in the newsletter?

crossborder.ie/border-zine/

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Photograph of eight people at the Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network annual assembly in Girona. Photograph of 13 people from the the SCoTENS annual conference organising committee in Enniskillen. Photograph of Helen, Annmarie and JoAnne at the NW 2025: Shaping our Digital Futures Conference in Letterkenny. Photograph of the Malaysian Diplomats with representatives from the CCBC, Durham University, Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor and InterTradeIreland in Newry.
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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S2@25: "In any given year now, 2 million people access our online dictionaries and a quarter of a million of those are in the United States… it’s a major asset to the whole realm of education North & South and abroad as well" - @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social staff member

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Photograph of Donncha Ó Cróinín (Príomhthéarmeolaí, An Coiste Téarmaíochta), Seán Ó Coinn (Príomhfheidhmeannach, Foras na Gaeilge), Anna Davitt (Foras na Gaeilge), An Dr Gearóid Ó Cleircín (Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, OCBAC). Photograph of attendees at the Gaelphobal project. Aistear Tríd an Inchinn launch. Foclóir presentation photograph.
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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An Etymological Flora of Britain and Ireland, with Mark Duffell

The first Botanical Skills Webinar of the Winter 25/26 series, organised by the @bsbibotany.bsky.social - with funding from
@daera-ni.gov.uk - is on Tuesday 4 November at 7pm.

www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
Photograph of Sharp-Flowered Rush (Juncus acutiflorus), Limerick, by Pamela Madigan Photograph of 'Jacob's-ladder Polemonium caeruleum, Northumberland' by Gordon Young
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 – 𝐒𝐄𝐔𝐏𝐁, 𝐏𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬

The @seupb.bsky.social is pausing all calls for applications to the Change Maker Funding Programme to allow for improvements and simplification following stakeholder feedback. Further updates will be shared soon.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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@mynwtec.bsky.social's conference in Letterkenny showcased national and international expertise on the opportunities and challenges associated with digital transformation. Annmarie O'Kane, from the CCBC, spoke on the need for cross-border mobility of skills and workers.
mynwtec.com/nw-digital-f...
October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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📰 Like reading, listening, or learning? Libraries Ireland has 110,000 eBooks & eAudiobooks, and 7,000 eNewspapers & eMagazines. Plus 600 online eLearning courses and over 110 language courses for speakers of 30+ languages.

librariesireland.ie/elibrary

#research #skills #books #courses #library
Screenshot from the Libraries Ireland website.
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Aidan Campbell, the CCBC's Research Programme Development Manager, attended the Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network (TEIN) annual assembly and conference in Girona Catalunya this week. TEIN members met with representatives of Generalitat de Catalunya & Diputació de Girona.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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#EURegionsWeek

Aodhán Connolly (NI Executive Office): Cross-border cooperation in Northern Ireland is a success story, but a fragile one. It works because people on both sides choose to make it work again & again.

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October 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Day 2 at the SCoTENS annual conference - keynote from Dr Thomas Walsh (@maynoothuniversity.ie). Panel session discussion with Dr Derek Grant, Patrick Hickey, Dr Ciara O’Donnell, Dr Geraldine Parks, Prof Barbara Skinner & Sammy Taggart. Plus Doctoral student Clare Hogan won the Harry McMahon Award.
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Day 1 at the SCoTENS annual conference - Dr Pamela Cowan, SCoTENS co-Chair, welcomed delegates. Prof Viv Ellis spoke on "Profession, Identity and Agency: Authentic keywords for Teacher Education". Plus Paul Givan MLA (Education Minister NI) & Helen McEntee TD (Minister for Education and Youth ROI).
October 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Great to see images of Soroptimist International Dungannon Branch members at the recent SI Ireland Friendship Weekend in Castlebar. Soroptimists from across the island heard from Dr Mary McAleese, Master's Degree student Ava Jackson & Professor Rose Anne Kenny.
www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/10/06/s...
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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SSE Renewables Scholarship Fund

First-year #STEM students can apply for up to 50% of third-level education fees if studying at @ulsteruni.bsky.social, South West College & @nwrc.bsky.social. Open to students living in Tyrone, Derry-Londonderry, Fermanagh & Donegal.
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Publicity photograph of a man wearing a South West College hoodie. He is holding a large badge that reads - SSE Renewables Scholarship.
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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The @houseoflords.parliament.uk Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee has published its report on strengthening Northern Ireland's voice in the context of the #WindsorFramework, which includes evidence submitted by the Centre to the Committee's inquiry.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
Image of part of the front cover of the report that says - House of Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee 1st Report of Session 2024-26 | Northern Ireland after Brexit: Strengthening Northern Ireland's voice in the context of the Windsor Framework.
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Universities Ireland held its 'Collaborating for Change' conference in Belfast last week which focused on strengthening cross-border collaboration between universities. Members' calls to action for the Government of Ireland and the Northern Ireland Executive
➡️ universitiesireland.ie/universities...
Universities Ireland held its first-ever all-island conference at Queen’s University Belfast on Friday 10th October, marking a historic milestone in cross-border collaboration in higher education and research. The event brought together university leaders from across the island, including the two Technological Universities that are members of Universities Ireland: TU Dublin and Atlantic Technological University. The conference highlighted the vital role of higher education in driving social, cultural, and economic progress across the island of Ireland, north and south. Delegates shared insights on research collaboration, student mobility, skills development, and innovation, reaffirming the sector’s collective commitment to partnership and progress. Universities Ireland has confirmed its intention to establish an annual two-day conference, to be hosted each year in the Autumn by a member institution, ensuring sustained cooperation and dialogue between universities across the island. Following the conference, Universities Ireland has committed to: 1. Confirming that Universities Ireland will focus on the pursuit and delivery of strategic all-island initiatives to support education, research, and innovation. 2. Inviting all Technological Universities to become full members, expanding the collective voice of higher education. 3. Hosting an annual two-day conference, rotating among member universities. 4. Enhancing student mobility and academic exchange, north and south. 5. Expanding collaborative research and innovation initiatives tackling shared challenges such as skills, climate, AI, health, and digital transformation. 6. Developing agreed responses to regional and social needs, maximising universities’ civic impact. 7. Strengthening the forum’s strategic role in shaping higher education policy across the island. The member universities jointly call on both the Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive to: 1. Remove financial and structural barrie… Photograph of 11 Higher Education leaders, representing Universities Ireland member organisations, pictured outside the Lanyon Building at Queen's University Belfast. Photograph of Dr Caoimhe Archibald MLA, Minister for the Economy in Northern Ireland. Photograph of James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM