Building a Church Without Walls
Journey Towards Healing has organised a seminar on ‘Sectarianism,’ set for 22 January from 7.oo-9.oo pm at the Balmoral Hotel (Blacks Road, Dunmurry) in Belfast.
On the island of Ireland sectarianism is something that just ‘hasn’t gone away, you know,’ … Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Joseph Ruane on Ireland’s Crisis: North-South Intersections – from the Taming of the Celtic Tiger to the Rise of Sinn Fein in the Republic. … Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a book review of Cheryl Lawther’s Truth, Denial and Transition: Northern Ireland and the Contested Past.… Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: Constitutions and Culture Wars: Institute for British Irish Studies Conference at UCD. The conference marked the retirement of UCD Prof of Politics John Coakley, founding director of IBIS, and … Read more...
It’s no surprise that Rev Mervyn Gibson addressed loyalists at Twaddell Avenue this past weekend, in anticipation of the 300th Day of the protest, which falls tomorrow.
Gibson, grand chaplain of the Orange Order, has been a prominent spokesman … Read more...
Last night I participated in a roundtable discussion at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, hosted by the Institute for British Irish Studies at UCD, titled ‘Community Relations in Northern Ireland after the Flags Protests.’ I’ve posted a summary … Read more...
This week Fr Martin Magill visited McCracken Memorial Presbyterian Church, where Trevor Ringland, former Irish and British Lion Rugby star and now Chairman of the Northern Ireland Conservatives, spoke on the courage needed for future Peace and Reconciliation in Northern … Read more...
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog: The Re-humanizing Power of Stories? 4 Corners Festival’s “Our Stories at Stormont.”… Read more...
One of the most powerful documentaries about the Troubles, 14 Days, will be screened tonight at 7.30 at Fitzroy Presbyterian Church in Belfast.
The film traces a series of events in March 1988, beginning with the killing of the Gibraltar … Read more...
