Irish politics – Page 8

The Churches and Reconciliation in Ireland: Opportunities (at the Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism)

Yesterday I blogged about the first part of a paper I presented at a colloquium organised by the new Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism (CSIP) and the Kennedy Institute on Conflict Resolution at the National University of Ireland … Read more...

Building Peace in Northern Ireland by Maria Power – Book Review in Irish Literary Supplement

My review of Maria Power’s Building Peace in Northern Ireland (Liverpool University Press, 2011) has been published in the latest edition of the Irish Literary Supplement (Spring 2013, V32, N2, pp. 18-19) under the headline, “Peace in the Valley.”

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Ireland’s Troublesome Priests: Promoting ‘Evolution’ in the Irish Catholic Church?

Last month (23 September 2012) BBC Radio 4 aired a documentary titled ‘Ireland’s Troublesome Priests,’ which seemingly set out to focus on the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP)and the members of it who have been censored by the Vatican … Read more...

David Trimble and Michael McDowell on the Ulster Covenant–New Post on Slugger O’Toole

I have a new post on Slugger O’Toole, on David Trimble and Michael McDowell’s perspectives on the Ulster Covenant. It is based on Saturday’s Institute for British Irish Studies at UCD/Irish Association conference at the Linenhall Library in Belfast. … Read more...

Scottish-Irish Conversation on Sectarianism, Friday 17 August

I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion on Scottish and Irish sectarianism on Friday 17 August at the Edinburgh Politics Festival. The discussion is set for 10-11 am in Committee Room 1 of the Scottish Parliament.

The panel includes: … Read more...

Who Fears to Speak of Easter Week? Jan Robert Schulz on the Easter Rising in Northern Irish History Textbooks

There’s a tired old joke about air passengers arriving in Northern Ireland. The pilot announces: ‘Welcome to Belfast, set your clocks back 400 years.’

The implication is of course that Northern Ireland is living in its past, trapped by its … Read more...

Picking up the Pieces in the Border Counties

The fifth programme in RTE Radio One’s ‘Picking up the Pieces’ series features peacebuilding in the border counties of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, focusing on the work done among republican ex-prisoners and the Protestant minority in the … Read more...