About this episode
The episode discusses the economic implications of a united Ireland with expert Stephen Kinsella.
The first question on everyones lips when we talk about a United Ireland is money. How much will it cost us and how will we pay for it? To give us an overview of what the economics of unity might look like we sit down with Stephen Kinsella Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick and member of the Irish Government's AI Advisory Council and an Economic Advisor to the Tánaiste, Simon Harris. In October 2025 BBC NI published a podcast series, Borderland, that tackled the question of Irish unity. While the series explored both sides of the argument on the question of unity, there was one clear agreement. It’s time for the south to seriously engage with the Northern question if there is to be any real debate on the possibility of a united Ireland. Notre Dame University are also running a major research project investigating the constitutional future of Ireland called ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) that probs these questions. This limited series in an answer to this work and looks to further the conversation amongst ordinary young people in the south. Shockingly, only 22% of southerners have made repeat trips north of the border so what do we…
People in this episode
Guest: Stephen Kinsella
Topics covered
- Irish unity
- economics
- Northern Ireland
- youth engagement
- constitutional future
Keywords
- United Ireland
- economics of unity
- Irish Government
- youth engagement
- Northern question
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Limerick, Irish Government, BBC NI, Notre Dame University, ARINS
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