I’ve written a new post on the Slugger O’Toole Blog: Victory or Defeat? The Politics of the Last Bloody Sunday March.… Read more...
Category: Dealing with the Past
Barbara Walshe and the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme: Christmas in Bethlehem
Barbara Walshe, a former student on our Master’s in Reconciliation Studies, has served on the Quaker Peace and Social Witness’s Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Bethlehem. Over the Christmas holiday, some reflections on her experience were published in the Irish … Read more...
The Last Bloody Sunday March?
The Irish News is reporting that this year’s annual Bloody Sunday March in Derry may be the last. You can read my post about it on the Slugger O’Toole blog.… Read more...
John Brewer Book Review: Peace Processes–A Sociological Approach
John Brewer’s latest book, Peace Processes: A Sociological Approach, has prompted me to ask if Northern Ireland has even learned the lessons from its own peace process? You can read my full review of the book on the Slugger O’Toole … Read more...
Success Stories & Uncomfortable Truths?
You can read my post comparing the efforts of families of victims in the Malaya Emergency to gain a public enquiry about Batang Kali to Northern Ireland’s dealing with the past debate, on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
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Denis Bradley’s Alternative History of the Catholic Church: What Does the Contraception Debate of the 1960s Say about the Church Today?
Denis Bradley’s column in Friday’s Irish News offers what amounts to an alternative history of how the Catholic Church has gotten where it is today. By alternative, I mean his view is one that the ‘official’ Catholic Church would most … Read more...
New Revelations about McGurk’s Bar Cover-Up Raise Questions about Dealing with the Past
I’ve written a post about how new revelations about a cover-up around the McGurk’s Bar bombing raise questions about dealing with the past on the Slugger O’Toole blog.… Read more...
The Murphy Report One Year On and the State of the Irish Catholic Church: Does it Matter?
The one year anniversary of the Murphy Report was 26 November, and this has been acknowledged with some significant words from Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. You can read my post about the ‘… state of the Irish Catholic Church – … Read more...
Voices from the Grave Book Review: Why Should we Listen to David Ervine’s Stories?
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’ve reviewed Ed Moloney’s book Voices from the Grave on the Slugger O’Toole blog.… Read more...
Presbyterian Peacemaking Conference – Engaged for the Future? Guest Post by Christine Dawson
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland held its annaul Peacemaking Conference on Saturday 27 November 2010 in Lowe Memorial Presbyterian Church, Finaghy.Christine Dawson, a student on our Master’s in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation programme, attended the conference and has provided … Read more...
Dealing with the Past: Do Historians Help or Hinder?
My thoughts on today’s seminar at Healing Through Remembering, ‘Do Historians Help or Hinder: Preparing for a Decade of Commemorations,’ have been posted on the Slugger O’Toole blog.… Read more...