CENTRE for CROSS BORDER STUDIES

The Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Mr Bruce Robinson, formally launched the 2009 Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland in Belfast on 25 March 2009. The 2009 edition of the journal features an interview with the First Minister, Rt Hon Peter Robinson MP MLA, on North-South cooperation, and articles on North-South economic cooperation in a time of recession; cross-border banking; cross-border spatial planning; how the two police services deal with cross-border sex offenders; opinion polls on the border issue, and Irish identity in the 21st century.