Monthly Archives: February 2025

Theme for an all-island Values Forum: Love is the doctrine of this country?

I am going to return to the theme of my last blog earlier this month: the need for a forum to discuss not the constitutional politics which continue to divide the people of this island, but the values – peace, … Continue reading

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Is it time to reconvene the 1994-1996 Forum for Peace and Reconciliation?

Last week on the same day I was involved in two very interesting conversations about the way forward for this island. I had lunch with a young Belfast-born, Dublin-resident solicitor called Ross Neill. Neill is that rare thing: somebody from … Continue reading

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