January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany in the Christian calendar, is probably best known in today’s Western secular culture as the day when people take down their Christmas decorations. For me yesterday was one of those particularly … Read more...
Category: Victims
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...
Chapter 19 of the Murphy Report: The Worst Case Yet?
Chapter 19 of the Murphy Report on abuse in the Dublin diocese was published today. You can read my post about it on the Slugger O’Toole blog.… 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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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...
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...
Quaker Peacebuilding Initiatives in Northern Ireland: Coming from the Silence – Book Review
Despite numbering less than 800 in Northern Ireland, Quakers often played important roles in peacebuilding throughout the Troubles and up until the present day. The contributions of Quakers are chronicled in a recent book, edited by Ann Le Mare and … Read more...
Dealing with the Past: A Lack of Political Innovation?
On Saturday I attended the Political Innovation (Un)Conference hosted by Slugger O’Toole. I’ve written a post about the ‘Dealing with the Past’ session, which is now up on the Slugger O’Toole blog.
You can also read a post by … Read more...