Day 20: Hope and History Rhyme
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...
- Apr 8, 2018
- 4 min
Day 19: 2018 Reasons For Powersharing
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) has undoubtedly been the cornerstone of the North’s peace and stability and as we approach its 20th...
- Apr 7, 2018
- 6 min
Day 18: Towards a United Community
Twenty years on from the Good Friday Agreement, you could be forgiven for thinking our politics has fallen back to pre-1998 standards,...
- Apr 6, 2018
- 4 min
Day 17: The Saddest Day in the History of Unionism
The lead up to the 20th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement has so far been filled with the predictable backslapping and delirious...
- Apr 5, 2018
- 3 min
Day 16: Is This It?
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...
- Apr 4, 2018
- 4 min
Day 15: Armalite to Ballot Box
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...
- Apr 3, 2018
- 4 min
Day 14: How Do We Teach These Kids?
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...
- Apr 2, 2018
- 3 min
Day 13: Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
Though from a traditional Hymn originating from the Mid-West that would scare the devil out of you, the lyrics of this famous song,...
- Apr 1, 2018
- 5 min
Day 12: Interested Outsiders, Not Insiders
“I detect an accent…where are you from?” Since starting university in Washington DC last September, this has been the question I have...
- Mar 31, 2018
- 4 min
Day 11: Thin In The Middle
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...
- Mar 30, 2018
- 5 min
Day 10: An Imperfect Necessity
As we rapidly approach the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA), I think its important to consider what the most...
- Mar 29, 2018
- 6 min
Day 9: Whither Human Rights in Northern Ireland?
Truly, 2018 is a year crammed with important anniversaries and commemorations for Northern Ireland. These anniversaries are more than...
- Mar 28, 2018
- 6 min
Day 8: From Peace to Paralysis
Who would have thought that, I, a nineteen-year-old Northern Irish female, could be criminalised for wanting control over my own body?...
- Mar 27, 2018
- 4 min
Day 7: Should Northern Ireland Move On?
You’re in Great Britain and you mention Northern Ireland to someone. What do they think of? More optimistically, they might think of Game...
- Mar 26, 2018
- 6 min
Day 6: Compassion Over Competition
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...
- Mar 25, 2018
- 5 min
Day 5: Time for a Constitutional Convention?
We’ve had so many agreements over the last two decades that an outsider could be forgiven for thinking Northern Ireland politics are...
- Mar 24, 2018
- 4 min
Day 4: 20 Years of Peace
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...
- Mar 23, 2018
- 4 min
Day 3: Still Waving Away The Dinosaurs
In anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the individuals and groups who were imperative to...
- Mar 22, 2018
- 5 min
Day 2: In Defence of the Shared Future
We’re living through years of highly significant anniversaries in Northern Ireland at the moment. The 50th anniversary of foundation of...
- Mar 21, 2018
- 3 min
Day 1: The Foundation of Home
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...