This is the mural that replaced the Glens Mural…hardly a step forward. It is worth noting the language used in this. Who is the message aimed at?
How has Ulster unionism arrived at where it is today – fractured and uncertain, yet dominated electorally by the DUP, a party that tells us it offers unionists sure footing in uncertain times? In his latest book, Ulster’s Last Stand? Reconstructing Unionism after the Peace Process (Irish Academic Press, 2010), Prof. James McAuley from the [...] read our review »
If you want to get a flavour of the proceedings at the Political Studies Association conference on its opening day, then the Storify collation below will bring you some of the images, tweets and sounds of the day. Particular highlights included: the Opening Plenary with David Blunkett, Peter Riddell and Matthew Flinders; and the late [...] read our review »
Extract from Greg McLaughlin and Stephen Baker: The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Bristol: Intellect Books. 2010. Political opponents Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness were confirmed as First Minister and Deputy First Minister of a new executive in May 2007, closing yet another chapter in [...] read our review »
[...] of Progressive Unionist party leader Dawn Purvis, it has become depressingly clear among acute observers of Belfast’s loyalist communities that the loyalist paramilitary UVF has been purposefully [...]
[...] of Progressive Unionist party leader Dawn Purvis, it has become depressingly clear among acute observers of Belfast’s loyalist communities that the loyalist paramilitary UVF has been purposefully [...]