Review – Mrs Robinson
This celebratory biographical account presents successes and controversies encountered over Mary Robinson’s career in an honest and open, if sometimes impersonal, way.
Review – Baltimore
Baltimore highlights the contrast between the personal and political during the Irish conflict, but opportunities to understand the roots of radicalisation are limited.
The Resilience of Irish Neutrality
Four out of five people in Ireland have consistently supported active neutrality as the cornerstone of Irish foreign, security and defence policies.
Opinion – International Relations at the End of the Second Elizabethan Age
Elizabeth II was one of international relations’ strongest soft powers – not just in longevity, but also in her subtle influence on the global system.
Reflecting on Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’
It is a credit to Branagh’s mastery of memory, empathy and incantation that his film portrays so accurately that conflict begins and ends around the home.
Adolph Mahr and Ireland’s Nazi Past
It remains an embarrassing episode in Ireland’s museological history that it was originally directed by a Nazi.
The Glasnevin Necrology Memorial: Exhibiting Ireland’s Dark Heritage
Far from memorializing the dead, enduring controversy just shows how far Ireland remains steeped in dark heritage.
Opinion – Irish-American Diplomacy and the Catholic Orphanage Scandal
That Irish-American diplomacy contributed to an elaborate network of child adoption casts a dark shadow over what is otherwise hailed as a formative period in the relationship between the two nations.
Review – Partitions
Dubnov and Robinson explore the use of partitions by the British Empire, how they were manipulated transnationally to serve British interests, and their impacts today.
Understanding Sinn Féin’s Abstention from the UK Parliament
Asking Sinn Féin to take or forfeit their seats to stop Brexit does not go to the heart of why they are abstentionists in the first place.
