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New York’s Times Square feels like the centre of the world. The relentless rush and roar of traffic. The press of the crowd. The...

The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) has undoubtedly been the cornerstone of the North’s peace and stability and as we approach its 20th...

Twenty years on from the Good Friday Agreement, you could be forgiven for thinking our politics has fallen back to pre-1998 standards,...

The lead up to the 20th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement has so far been filled with the predictable backslapping and delirious...

Twenty years ago there when Facebook wasn’t a thing and tweeting referred to the birdsong that greeted the dawn, on that day that I went...

I am 18, I have never experienced the tragic war that was brought to Ireland. I have never been subjected to war because of the great...

My Granda took me with him when he went to vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement. Our local polling station is in...

Though from a traditional Hymn originating from the Mid-West that would scare the devil out of you, the lyrics of this famous song,...

“I detect an accent…where are you from?” Since starting university in Washington DC last September, this has been the question I have...

If you have seen the beautifully nostalgic ‘Derry Girls’ then you have a fair idea of what my life was like in April 1998. I was 16 and...

As we rapidly approach the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA), I think its important to consider what the most...

Truly, 2018 is a year crammed with important anniversaries and commemorations for Northern Ireland. These anniversaries are more than...

Who would have thought that, I, a nineteen-year-old Northern Irish female, could be criminalised for wanting control over my own body?...

You’re in Great Britain and you mention Northern Ireland to someone. What do they think of? More optimistically, they might think of Game...

Firstly, I cannot write about marriage equality. I can only write about why we need it. Really you don’t need to read any further: we...

We’ve had so many agreements over the last two decades that an outsider could be forgiven for thinking Northern Ireland politics are...

When I was a child, my parents wouldn’t let me play outside with toy guns for the fear that I might be shot. I didn’t understand their...

In anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the individuals and groups who were imperative to...

We’re living through years of highly significant anniversaries in Northern Ireland at the moment. The 50th anniversary of foundation of...

I first learned about the Good Friday Agreement when I was nine years old, during morning assembly at my school. In April 1998, I was...