Jan Carson, Fergal Keane & Aoife Moore: After Good Friday

How fragile is peace, even 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement? Three Irish writers discuss their perspectives. Jan Carson is a community arts worker and writer of The Raptures and east Belfast-set The Fire Starters; Fergal Keane was the BBC’s Northern Ireland correspondent during the Troubles and writes about the Irish war of Independence; and Irish Journalist of the Year 2021, Aoife Moore, explores the rise of Sinn Féin in her upcoming book The Long Game. Chaired by Ruth Wishart.

Categories: History, Politics, War/Terrorism

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Ireland: Real and Remembered

A complex portrait of life in Ireland from a kaleidoscope of perspectives, featuring award-winning novelists and non-fiction writers. This year Ireland marks a significant anniversary: 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. If that political treaty brought about a fragile peace after years of the Troubles, how can Ireland come to terms with the enduring memories of conflict?…

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