Northern Ireland does not share a land border with the UK mainland – a matter that has become more challenging with the UK’s exit from the EU in which Northern Ireland was granted a special status being still under intra-EU trade rules – but is also only part of the UK to share a land border with an EU member state, the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland needs to fully use its powers to tailor economic policy through devolution. Today, the Assembly at Stormont has key policy powers relevant to productivity, including education and skills, infrastructure, and economic and enterprise policy but post-Brexit tensions have meant departments have been left without devolved ministers since February 2022. Find insights in productivity in Northern Ireland below.
