Monthly Archives: May 2020

How Covid-19 brought solidarity and kindness to Northern Ireland

Posted on Friday, 15 May, 2020 by andypollak

This latest blog consists largely of a letter from my good friend Paul Nolan, the prominent Belfast social researcher, who portrays a Northern Ireland working hard to overcome its divisions in order to defeat the Corona virus, a picture one … Continue reading →

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Could the Irish language be a tool for reconciliation in Northern Ireland?

Posted on Friday, 1 May, 2020 by andypollak

Tá beagán Gaeilge agam. Tá me ag foghlaim. Is teanga an-deachair í ach tá rún daingean agam leanúint ar aghaidh. I have been learning Irish for two and a half years, and finding it tough going at my relatively advanced … Continue reading →

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