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From Crisis to Hope: Can Churches Contribute to Northern Ireland’s Election Debate? New Post on Slugger O’Toole

By on April 14, 2011 in Churches & Reconciliation, Economy, Ecumenism, Irish Catholic Church, Irish politics, Morality, NI Politics, Social Justice

I have new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘From Crisis to Hope: Can Churches Contribute to Northern Ireland’s Election Debate?’ It examines the issues raised at a discussion today at Springfield Road Methodist Church/Forthspring Community Centre on a document from the Council for Justice and Peace of the Irish Episcopal Conference, ‘From Crisis to [...]

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Platform for Change Election Hustings Thurs 14 April – New Post on Slugger O’Toole

By on April 13, 2011 in Dealing with the Past, DUP, Economy, NI Politics, Sinn Fein, Social Justice, Victims

I have written a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about tomorrow’s Platform for Change election hustings at the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast. Platform for Change describes itself ‘the NGO pursuing a new politics in Northern Ireland,’ and has produced a ‘new electoral agenda,’ which is outlined on my Slugger post.

How Many People Will be Left in Ireland at This Time Next Year?

By on December 9, 2010 in Economy, Irish politics

You can read my post about the latest polls on Irish people intending to emigrate on the Slugger O’Toole blog. One of the more shocking figures is a poll by TCD’s student newspaper, Trinity News, that claims 85% of TCD students plan to emigrate.

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David McWilliams: Review of the Outsiders

By on June 14, 2010 in Economy, Irish politics

Irish economist David McWilliams takes to the stage this week at the Abbey’s Peacock Theatre in Dublin for a rather unorthodox theatrical offering – a 90 minute monologue on what’s wrong with the Irish economy, why our political leaders and civil servants aren’t getting Ireland out of the mess, and what might be done to [...]

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Should the Belfast City Marathon Run on Sunday?

By on May 5, 2010 in Economy, Spirituality & Sport

The Belfast City Marathon is one of Northern Ireland’s premier sporting events. More than 20,000 people hit the streets on Bank Holiday Monday for the race, including 3,300 marathon runners and 11,000 who participated in five-person relay teams. The event raised thousands for charity. It is mass participation sport at its very best. Now that [...]

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Social Justice Ireland & ‘An Agenda for a New Ireland’

By on April 10, 2010 in Economy, Irish Catholic Church, Irish politics, Morality, Social Justice

Earlier this week, the NGO Social Justice Ireland (SJI) published ‘An Agenda for a New Ireland,’ a 250-page socio-economic review of what went wrong in Ireland, what hasn’t changed, and what state and citizens might do to improve living on this island. The entire text of the document is available on-line. The Irish Times’ Jamie [...]

Contemplating Ireland’s Apathy: Do Irish Citizens Want a Say in their Future?

By on December 30, 2009 in Economy, Irish Catholic Church, Social Justice

There is a stunning lack of accountability in Ireland. It doesn’t have to be that way. Writing in today’s Irish Times, columnist Elaine Byrne recounts how an indignant and industrious Icelandic citizenry has peacefully and effectively achieved meaningful political change in the wake of the country’s financial crisis. Demonstrations and mass protests, many organised by [...]