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Good Relations Week - Review & Panel Discussion
SUMMARY Information on our upcoming Forward Together Podcast event taking place at 2.00pm on 18th September at Holywell Trust, 10-12 Bishop Street, Derry. The even...
Episode 34 - Jo Egan
EPISODE SUMMARY ‘Telling Troubles stories can help deal with the past’ Telling stories about the past – about the Troubles – can help families and society move ...
Episode 33 - Julieann Campbell
‘Unless we start listening, we’re not going to move forward’ “Unless we start listening, we're not really going to move forward,” says Julieann Campbell, editor of...
Episode 32 - Peter Osborne
EPISODE SUMMARY ‘Transformative decisions on Northern Ireland have not been taken’, laments Peter Osborne Northern Ireland is more than 20 years into a 50 year...
Episode 31 - Andrew McCracken
EPISODE SUMMARY Class division in Northern Ireland even greater than between orange and green, argues CFNI chief. Class is a bigger and more significant divisio...
Episode 30 - Mark Daly
EPISODE SUMMARY Deal with disadvantage before unity, argues Senator Mark Daly To achieve a united Ireland without a return to conflict requires northern society...
Episode 29 - Aideen McGinley
EPISODE SUMMARY Community planning provides a model that builds on the tradition of the “very strong community spirit that prevailed in Northern Ireland” during the...
Episode 28 - Robin Eames
EPISODE SUMMARY Politicians in Northern Ireland feel threatened by the concept of a strong civic society, but we should pursue the ambition of creating a ‘People’s ...
Episode 27 - Denis Bradley (Part 2)
EPISODE SUMMARY ‘Brexit means that Northern Ireland’s constitutional future has become an issue for Europe’, says Denis Bradley Denis Bradley was keen to move ...
Episode 26 - Denis Bradley (Part 1)
EPISODE SUMMARY Eames-Bradley process ‘should have done more to take the Irish government with it’ – says Denis Bradley The Eames-Bradley process should have en...
Episode 25 - Anthony Russell
EPISODE SUMMARY ‘Looking at how we got here can help us deal with the present and the future’, argues historical geographer A better understanding of our histo...
Episode 24 - Maeve McLaughlin
EPISODE SUMMARY Making progress on parading – can Northern Ireland learn from Derry-Londonderry? As Northern Ireland moves towards what will hopefully be a peac...
Episode 23 - Fr. Martin McGill
EPISODE SUMMARY ‘We need an agency to promote social integration’, says Father Martin Magill Northern Ireland needs a body lobbying for social integration, lear...
Episode 22 - Naomi Long
EPISODE SUMMARY New way of consulting with civic society is part of the talks negotiations, discloses Naomi Long Creating a new mechanism for consulting with ci...
Episode 21 - Tina Merron
EPISODE SUMMARY ‘Social integration begins with integrated education and integrated housing’ For Northern Ireland to become more integrated, there has to be a ...
Episode 20 - John McKinney
EPISODE SUMMARY ‘A stronger role for civic society must be central to getting government back’ International peace negotiator John McKinney has urged the politi...
Episode 19 - Philip Gilliland
EPISODE SUMMARY How Brexit changes a unionist to a united Irelander Brexit is making some unionists re-evaluate their allegiance to the UK – and consider suppor...
Episode 18 - Mairtin O'Muilleoir
EPISODE SUMMARY ‘Stephen Nolan needs to find the right balance – and not make angry people angrier’ Stephen Nolan needs to find the right balance between allowin...
Episode 17 - Conal McFeely
‘Let’s not repeat the mistakes of the past! (But we are.)’ Northern Ireland is “a society that is still emerging from conflict”, warns Conal McFeely, chief executi...
Episode 16 - John Kyle
‘We have lost ground in the past 20 years’, claims PUP’s John Kyle Society in Northern Ireland has gone backwards since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, a...
Episode 15 - Maureen Hetherington
‘If we tell people the cost of segregation, they will support greater integration’ If people are told the financial cost of segregation and service duplication, th...
Episode 14 - Simon Hamilton
‘Citizen’s Assembly could help progress with health reform’ The adoption of a citizens’ assembly could assist with making progress with reform of the health servic...
Episode 13 - Jim Dornan
There needs to be an all-island, integrated, health service, and its creation should not be dependent upon the agreement or timing of a united Ireland, argues Professo...
Episode 12 - Fergus O'Dowd
Justice for victims is achieved by “giving them a society that works”, says Fergus O'Dowd TD of Fine Gael. He is a member of the Oireachtas Good Friday Implementation...
Episode 11 - Alexandra De La Torre
More must be done in Northern Ireland to make society more open for women and for minorities, argues Alexandra De La Torre, the co-ordinator for NICVA of the Next Chap...
Episode 10 - Clare Bailey
Northern Ireland has “had a political process at the cost of a peace process”, believes Clare Bailey MLA, the leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland. She is hi...
Episode 9 - Peter Sheridan
Citizens’ assemblies should be widely used to address the problems faced by communities across Northern Ireland, argues Peter Sheridan, the chief executive of Co-opera...
Episode 8 - Claire Sugden
Developing mutual respect, strengthening relationships and building proper political leadership are the basis for making progress in Northern Ireland, believes indepen...
Episode 7 - Alan McBride
A leadership vacuum is causing harm across Northern Ireland, including in loyalist areas, and contributes to the lure of paramilitaries, warns victims’ campaigner Alan...
Episode 6 - Mark Durkan
The Eames-Bradley report was the best approach yet to how Northern Ireland should deal with Troubles legacy issues, argues Mark Durkan. The former SDLP leader and dep...