I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Hunger Striking as Political Resistance: Then & Now.’ It reviews a panel discussion on hunger striking at Queen’s Institute for Conflict Transformation and Social Justice’s Spring Festival of Events, which … Read more...
Category: Irish politics
Bertie Ahern and Arlene Foster Headline Institute’s Spring Festival – Starting Tomorrow
Bertie Ahern and Arlene Foster are among the highlights at the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice’s Spring Festival of Events at Queen’s. Former Taoiseach Ahern speaks on ‘Reflections on Peace in a Changed Ireland’ … Read more...
Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland – Author Meets Critics Session
My latest book, Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Religious Practice in Late Modernity (Oxford 2016) was launched Tuesday at the Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE), Trinity College Dublin, with an ‘author meets critics’ session.
Brian Conway (NUI Maynooth), Siobhán Garrigan … Read more...
Martin McGuinness Responds to Sixth Form Pupils on Reimagining Reconciliation
Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland: Video of My Talk at Rubicon
Back in November, I spoke at the Rubicon conference about my latest book — due out next week — Transforming Post-Catholic Ireland.
The research that I conducted for my book speaks directly to how Ireland’s historically Catholic culture has changed … Read more...
Politics for the Next Generation? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
Dramatizing 1916 – Halfway House by Philip Orr Now Running
A new play exploring the legacy of 1916, Halfway House, is now running in venues across Northern Ireland (18-26 January). Admission is free or a recommended donation of just £5 in all venues.
The play is the latest by Philip … Read more...
A Year to Remember: 1916
I’ve been quiet on the blog of late as I just completed my last month of maternity leave and celebrated the Christmas holidays. Rather belatedly, I’m writing my first post of 2016 as I start back into work and get … Read more...
