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Published in: openSecurityThe Cairo Gang, the Force Research Unit and ... Rupert MurdochThe story of the FRU must be one of the most sordid in British Intelligence. It reveals a deep gulf in Northern...
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Published in: HomeThere is no such thing as ‘bad blood’I’ve never met either of my parents and I don’t know my father’s name. She was a Catholic from over the border he...
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Published in: HomeIrish Blood English HeartIn which we are introduced to excerpts from the transcript of a memorable programme on Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to...
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Published in: HomeThree Headliners essaysLaoise, 13, Tarah, 15, and Fionnuala, 15, attend a youth media organisation called Headliners in Belfast. It is not...
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Published in: HomeFriendship our weapon of choiceOne could argue that it has been the ordinary person who has actually best embraced the spirit of the Agreement....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWho are the Northern Irish? The census and violence over a flagLast week, Belfast City Council voted to flag the Union Jack only on designated days, sparking protest. What does...
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Published in: openSecurityViolence, space and memory in the new Northern IrelandViolence in Belfast in September and December 2012 bears witness to the collision of the 'old' and the 'new'. As...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe end of the 'Great British Summer''The Great British Summer' of 2012 is well and truly over. OurKingdom takes a rollercoaster journey back through the...
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Published in: openSecurityDepoliticising victims in Northern Ireland
The recent riots in Belfast seemed to hark back to the ethno-religious conflict many presumed over: Northern Ireland...
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Published in: openSecurityThe long war gets longer: the campaign of violent dissident republicans
Northern Ireland is held up as an exemplary case study of building sustainable peace. Recent violent activity from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe ‘Great British Summer’, or Last of the British Summer Wine?
The festivities around the London Olympics and Diamond Jubilee will paint a picture of a stable, timeless...
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Published in: openSecurityPurposeful inquiry: detoxing the poisoned chalice
Derry/Londonderry is the UK City of Culture in 2013. In a place where names can be rigid markers of enmity, what...
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Published in: HomeDealing with the past in post-conflict societies
Unless the past is articulated in such a way in which the connection of events and experiences are integrated in a...
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Published in: HomeHaunted by racism in Northern Ireland
A decade and a half ago, racial equality and anti-racism were non-existent in Northern Ireland and important...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Northern Ireland Assembly elections revealed the failures of devolution
The big story of the Northern Ireland Assembly elections was not the re-instating of the DUP and Sinn Fein, but the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBudget 2011: Reactions across the nations
Left Foot Forward’s devolution correspondent Ed Jacobs assesses reaction to Britain's 2011 budget in Scotland, Wales...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDoes the union need unionism?
It is not clear what unites political unionism in Northern Ireland in its present form.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlair's flawed approach to peace in Northern Ireland
Tony Blair's effort in bringing about the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland is often heralded as his...
