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    Day 20: Hope and History Rhyme
    • Apr 9, 2018
    • 5 min

    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...
    Day 19: 2018 Reasons For Powersharing
    • 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...
    Day 18: Towards a United Community
    • 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,...
    Day 17: The Saddest Day in the History of Unionism
    • 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...
    Day 16: Is This It?
    • 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...
    Day 15: Armalite to Ballot Box
    • 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...
    Day 14: How Do We Teach These Kids?
    • 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...
    Day 13: Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
    • 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,...
    Day 12: Interested Outsiders, Not Insiders
    • 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...
    Day 11: Thin In The Middle
    • 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...
    Day 10: An Imperfect Necessity
    • 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...
    Day 9: Whither Human Rights in Northern Ireland?
    • 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...
    Day 8: From Peace to Paralysis
    • 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?...
    Day 7: Should Northern Ireland Move On?
    • 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...
    Day 6: Compassion Over Competition
    • 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...
    Day 5: Time for a Constitutional Convention?
    • 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...
    Day 4: 20 Years of Peace
    • 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...
    Day 3: Still Waving Away The Dinosaurs
    • 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...
    Day 2: In Defence of the Shared Future
    • 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...
    Day 1: The Foundation of Home
    • 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...

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