Cross-Border Cooperation : Article 11 and the Conditions for Cooperation in Historical Perspective
The island of Ireland is host to two separate jurisdictions, a legacy of the partition of Ireland following the Irish War of Independence from 1919 to 1921. The history of the relationship between North and South has not always been a happy one. This chapter reviews the history of this relationship and discusses the relevance of the European Union (EU) to North- South cooperation and how Brexit and the Protocol have affected this