Putting peace on the right track: the Peace Train and civil society in Northern Ireland
Civil society groups operated as active advocates for peace, helping to alter the Troubles climate
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Civil society groups operated as active advocates for peace, helping to alter the Troubles climate
From Chrysal to My Dream of You to The Pale Gold of Alaska, these neglected books are all worthy of your time
ANYONE expecting an answer to the question ‘Can Ireland Be One?’ by the end of Malachi O’Doherty’s new book of the same title is destined for disappointment. This is no audit of the economic pros and cons of ending partition and nor is it an analysis of the sometimes shiny and sometimes grubby new realities that have rocketed the question of unity to the top of the political agenda. Indeed, Brexit and the Protocol – the two issues which have moved the ground and redefined the terms of the unity debate in a six-year blink of the eye – to all intents and purposes never happened, so s...