As part of Good Relations Week, we have been exploring the life of Richard Hayward. You can find out more in this 1½ hour talk recorded at PRONI in October 2014 where former BBC journalist and author Paul Clements outlines the life and work of the celebrated writer, actor and singer who died in 1964.
Event Type: Lecture, Debate, Discussion or Talk
Reaching Out
Online interview with Claire Hackett, Falls Community Council; Glen Bradley, Northern Ireland Business & Human Rights Forum and Sean Murray, Clonard Residents Association on their experiences of cross community engagement and community outreach.
Reaching Out will explore the concept and value of cross community engagement and outreach through the eyes of community practitioners. They discuss what impact decades of outreach has had on them personally and in relation to their own political, cultural and Social backgrounds.
The politics of identity with Lord Patten
Lord Patten of Barnes’ speech earlier this year in Belfast City Hall to mark the 20th anniversary of the Equality Commission and the NI Human Rights Commission touched on his memories of Dr Ian Paisley when he first came to Northern Ireland, and talks about the reform of policing and Northern Ireland’s changing society.
Content filmed and edited by Alan Meban
Does political violence work. A talk by Professor Richard English
A talk by Professor Richard English. Richard English is Professor of Politics at Queen’s University Belfast, where he is also Distinguished Professorial Fellow in the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, and the University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internationalisation and Engagement.
Between 2011 and 2016 he was Wardlaw Professor of Politics in the School of International Relations, and Director of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of eight books, including the award-winning studies Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA (2003) and Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland (2006). His most recent book, Does Terrorism Work? A History, was published by Oxford University Press.
He is a frequent media commentator on terrorism and political violence, and on Irish politics and history.
Content filmed and edited by Alan Meban.
From “the Muddy Byways of Fermanagh and Tyrone” to Partition and Two Irish States 1918-22
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in association with Rural Community Network and NI Screen present an online talk by renowned historian Dr Eamon Phoenix that will examine the key historical events in Ireland in the years 1918 – 1922. The talk will include unseen footage of key events including the treaty negotiations and will have particular emphasis on the local angle and personalities in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. The talk will be followed with a question and answer session.
This event helps promote good relations because it examines the differing perspectives on the legacy of the past. It helps participants gain a better understanding of the past and help them to move on to a shared future based on mutual respect.
Good Relations and Knowing Racial History: Embracing a More Just Future’
Irish School of Ecumenics in association with Fermanagh Churches Forum and Fermanagh and Omagh District Council presents ‘Good Relations and Knowing Racial History; Embracing a More Just Future’ – an online talk by Dr. Johnston McMaster who is an expert in political and public theology. He explores lessons from history and the principles and values which will be the foundation of a more just future.
Attendees from different backgrounds had an opportunity to discuss and reflect on the subject matter in small groups. In a plenary sessions Dr. McMaster responded to questions and comments and provide clarifications.
Hope beyond Covid: Where to now for Church Communities?’
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council in partnership with Omagh Churches’ Forum hosted an online talk ‘Hope beyond Covid: Where to now for Church Communities,’ with two eminent church leaders – The Most Rev Eamon Martin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland and the Right Rev John McDowell, Church of Ireland Archbishop-elect of Armagh.
The online discussion demonstrated how churches have been working together during this pandemic for the greater good. It showed that different Christian traditions have much more in common than separating them.