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Economic Analyses – Online Resources:

• ‘Union or Unity: The Financial Debate’ – Conor Devine & Graham – Gudgin.  Feile an Phobail video. 2021.
• The economic agenda in the debate on a United Ireland – Prof John Doyle & Prof Colin Harvey. Webinar 2022.
• ‘What Exactly is the Northern Ireland Subvention?’ – John Doyle & John FitzGerald (on ARINS SoundCloud Podcast). 2021.
• What Would be the Economic Costs and Benefits of a United Ireland? – Eoin Burke Kennedy. The Irish Times. 2021.      
• The Political, Economic and Legal Consequences of Irish Reunification’ – Jim O’Callaghan, Fianna Fail. T.D. (YouTube Video).
• The Double Bind – Critique of Sinn Fein’s Economic Benefits of a United Ireland (See PDF document below) – Prof Colin Coulter (NUIM) Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. 2021.
• Truth is the union with Britain has been an economic calamity for Northern Ireland – David McWilliams. 2021.
• ‘Unification of Ireland ‘could bring in €36.5bn in eight years – Frances McDonnell. The Irish Times. 2015.

Economic Analyses – Books and PDF Documents: 

• ‘The Irish Economy during the Century after Partition’ by Cormac Ó Grada & Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke.
• The Economic History Review. 2021 (Available on  the Wiley Online Library).
• ‘Why the ‘Subvention’ does not Matter: Northern Ireland and the All-Ireland Economy’ – Prof. John Doyle. Dublin. (PDF).
• ‘The Political, Economic and Legal Consequences of Irish Reunification’ – Jim O’Callaghan, T.D. FF. 2021. (PDF).
• Economic Benefits of a United Ireland – Sinn Fein document. 2020 (PDF).
• ‘The Political Economy of a Northern Ireland Border Poll’ – Seamus McGuinness & Adelle Bergin. 2019 (PDF). 
• ‘Northern Ireland’s Income and Expenditure in a Reunification Scenario’ – Gunther Thumann & Mark Daly. 2017 (PDF).