Peacebuilding a shared Northern Irish society
Acknowledging deep hurt and pain: Day of Reflection at Belfast City Hall by Allan LEONARD 21 June 2023 Belfast City Council hosted an annual Day of Reflection event for a second year, providing an opportunity for people and communities across the city to acknowledge the deep hurt and pain caused by the conflict in and... Continue Reading →
Transcript of Helen Jones's interview with me recently about #carers' call for more support in #NorthernIreland 👉 https://mrulster.com/2023/06/19/forcing-carers-out-of-work-doubly-disastrous-good-morning-ulster-interview-with-allan-leonard/
Transcript of Linda Macaulay's interview with me in April about the call for a new deal for #carers in #NorthernIreland 👉 https://mrulster.com/2023/06/14/our-voice-is-starting-to-be-heard-on-your-behalf-interview-with-allan-leonard/
And we're on our way drinking and digesting #NorthernIreland #LE23 election results #hangover @SluggerOToole @alaninbelfast
For my London and Dublin peeps, soon in your cities this @KaboshTheatre play about policing the #Ireland #NorthernIreland border during #TheTroubles is worth seeing and discussing: https://kabosh.net/production/green-blue-2023/
I was interviewed by journalist friend @stevemcgstates for his baseball-themed project States of Play. Covered US politics, #factchecking, #NorthernIreland #WNIMTM, and exemplary community relations work @IrishFA FWIW my musings: https://statesofplayproject.com/rights-and-justice/
"This is the decision of a lifetime for peace in Ireland. You must get it done. You must do it for yourselves and your children." —US President Bill Clinton, at White House addressing Irish political leaders, The Irish Times, 18 March 1998 #qotd #northernireland #ireland #peace #otd
An enriching #NorthernIreland #peacebuilding conference. Lots of dynamism to keep up momentum. A colleague's summary w/ my photos: https://x.com/SharedFuture/status/1633000263987363842
Today the #NorthernIreland Dept. for Communities published the latest NI Housing Bulletin and I updated my figures in my article: 2,581 cases of #homelessness caused by paramilitary intimidation since 4/2015. https://sharedfuture.news/book-review-refugees-and-forced-displacement-in-northern-irelands-troubles-niall-gilmartin-and-brendan-ciaran-browne/
"The #Ireland imagined by Pearse and de Valera was progressively dismantled as unworkable." #NorthernIreland #books
"The #Ireland imagined by Pearse and de Valera was progressively dismantled as unworkable." #NorthernIreland @readwise @malodoherty @MerrionPress
Discovering the amazing images by Robert John Welch (1859-1936) of the visual history of shipbuilding in Northern Ireland https://artuk.org/discover/stories/capturing-northern-irelands-dynamic-shipbuilding-history #northernireland #shipbuilding #belfast #photography #history