New Podcast Series

A new series of podcasts will be launched in the coming days by the Holywell Trust. The podcasts will feature interviews with experts who consider how we can make progress in government, the economy and society across Northern Ireland.

They are a follow-up to the Forward Together podcasts, which remain available on the Holywell Trust website. A transcript of those previous podcasts is also available and will be followed in the near future by a book that brings together key considerations from the series of interviews.

The latest podcasts are again sponsored by the Community Relations Council of Northern Ireland. Like the previous series, Slugger O’Toole will publish extracts from the interviews and links to each podcast.

Interviews will include:

Jess Sargeant of the Institute for Government, who considers the quality of governance in Northern Ireland;

Professor Siobhan O’Neill of Ulster University, who discusses mental health in Northern Ireland, including the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown;

Professor John FitzGerald of Trinity College Dublin talks about the Northern Ireland economy and the role of education and skills;

Professor Jim Dornan discusses health services reform;

Professor Deirdre Heenan considers social care reform;

Alan McBride considers inter-generational trauma and the needs of victims;

Professor Seamus McGuinness talks about how to strengthen Northern Ireland’s economy and the potential of Irish unity;

Denis Bradley discusses the future of policing;

Peter Osborne talks about the role of education in a shared society;

Professor Colin Harvey argues for a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

Paul Gosling

Paul Gosling is author of ‘A New Ireland’; ‘A New Ireland – A Five Year Review’; editor of ‘Lessons from the Troubles and an Unsettled Peace’; author of ‘The Fall of the Ethical Bank’; and co-author of ‘Abuse of Trust’, the story of a child abuse scandal in Leicestershire.

www.paulgosling.net/