Northern Ireland as a Sacrifice Zone: The Lough Neagh Crisis
Northern Ireland remains vulnerable to exploitation by corporate interests and governmental neglect which sacrifices public health and environmental integrity for financial gain.
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.
Reflections on the Troubles and the IRA in ‘The Secret Army’
This recently uncovered 1970s film sparks discussion about the capacity of such material to be commissioned and for it to be produced, but then to vanish.
Opinion – Northern Ireland’s ‘Dirty War’
It would seem that we are entering a new chapter in which Northern Ireland’s grisly past will be further regurgitated, and probably without tangible outcomes.
Twenty-Five Years On: Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement
Although the international order in which it was created has changed, the Agreement can still be a blueprint for peace processes in other parts of the world.
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.
Challenges in the Museological Heritagization of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is ready to talk about the previously unspeakable tragedies which eventually birthed the territory’s painful but, nevertheless, sacred peace.
The Politics of Conflict Archaeology: HMP Maze as a ‘Dark Heritage’ Case Study
Northern Ireland must find a way to re-purpose but not to sanitize a heritage which fascinates outsiders, provides learning, and contains resonance for other peace processes.
Opinion – Brexit and the Continued Troubles in Northern Ireland
The ultimate casualty of Brexit, witnessed so vividly in Northern Ireland, is the breakdown of community relations and the reinforcement of identity barriers, and thus segregation.
The Decline of the SDLP and their European Election Brexit Headache
The unanticipated divisions of Brexit have hastened the SDLP into a situation where their once consistent message on Europe is rupturing.
