Bordering on crisis: A qualitative analysis of focus group, social media, and news media perspectives on the Republic of Ireland-Northern Ireland border during the ‘first wave’ of the COVID-19 pandemic

Cliodhna O'Connor, Nicola O'Connell, Emma Burke, Martin Dempster, Christopher D. Graham, Gabriel Scally, Lina Zgaga, Ann Nolan, Gail Nicolson, Luke Mather, Joseph Barry, Philip Crowley and Catherine D. Darker

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 282, issue C

Abstract: International border controls were among the earliest and most effective of measures to constrain transmission of COVID-19. However, such measures are complex when established borders are open yet politically contested, as for the border that divides the Republic of Ireland (ROI) from Northern Ireland (NI). Understanding how this border affected the everyday lives of both populations during the pandemic is important for informing the continued development of effective responses to COVID-19 and future health crises.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Border; Focus groups; News media; Social media; Public discourse; Republic of Ireland; Northern Ireland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114111

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