1. Impact of devolution on cross-border commerce Aidan Gough and Eoin Magennis (InterTradeIreland) IBIS seminar, 6 February 2009

2. “cold denying silence” that descended on this island for too long in the past century and resulted in a process of “friction and frission” Conor Brady

7. ‘Unless you achieve economic transformation, you can’t have a stable society.’ Sir George Quigley (March 2007) ‘Economic progress is crucial to the political forces that favour peace’ Portland Trust (May 2007) Economics and Peacemaking

8. British Subvention to Northern Ireland

9. Employment in the Public Sector

10. Participation Rates in Further and Higher Education

11. Unemployment in Northern Ireland

12. Troubles Related Deaths

13. “A Body to exchange information and co-ordinate work on trade, business development and related matters, in areas where the two administrations specifically agree it would be in their mutual interest.” The Belfast Agreement, 1998. Six Cross-Border Bodies InterTradeIreland

14. Institutional Arrangements Northern Ireland Assembly & Executive North-South Ministerial Council Irish Government InterTradeIreland Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment

15. InterTradeIreland Political Economic Cross Border All Island Trade Competitiveness 1998 NOW

16. Cross-Border Trade Statistics

17. Cross-Border Tourism Statistics

18. Cross-Border Traffic Volumes

19. Cross-Border Bus and Rail Travel Statistics

20. Cross-Border Student Flows

21. Cross-Border Public and EU Investment Flows

22. Create gains in trade and investment; Generate economies of scale; Deliver more efficient and effective public services; Promote wider economic benefits Reduce market failures Open new or ‘missing’ markets Deliver more balanced regional development Cross-Border Opportunities in the Current Economic Climate