Seán Brennan is a part-time PhD candidate at the Queen’s University Belfast, School of Politics International Studies and Philosophy, researching Ulster Loyalism and the politics of Peacebuilding, Development and Security in Northern Ireland. He is a representative of the community on Belfast City Council’s Good Relations Partnership and has contributed articles for The Other View magazine, Pue’s Occurrences and Conflict Transformation Papers, Volume 9, Ethnicity and Nationalism (2005) and Volume 10, Peace by Piece (2005) and has contributed poems, The Gaza Ghetto (2008) and Belsen by the Sea (2008), for the Palestine Chronicle (16 July 2008). Seán also designs and delivers training in Community Relations, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation and his Peace Building in Interface Communities programme was short-listed for the Times Higher Education Awards (2008).
As the shock waves of the Attorney General’s remarks, on dealing with the past, resonate around the collective psyche it becomes ever clearer the…
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The passing of Seamus Heaney was like a bolt out of the blue for the Irish people, none more so than for…
While some may prefer to wait until the conclusion of the Haas Initiative before attempting any review, or recalibration, of peacebuilding progress to date, the potential…
The debacle emerging from the plans to construct an iconic world class Peace Building and Conflict Resolution Centre on the former Maze/Long Kesh site…
The announcement, of Vice-President Biden’s direct engagement with the Peace Process, rather than appoint an Envoy, is a timely reminder of how important Northern Ireland…
As the summer sun adds to our annual ‘blood boiling’ fest, now more than ever is a time for cool heads and dispassionate analysis…
