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I believe I may be the only person interested in live-tweeting the New York New Belfast Conference which begins today, but so be it! As someone who is interested in the post-conflict regeneration of the North of Ireland, absolutely loves Belfast (and New York!), I’m really looking forward to this conference. I’m also [...]

These documents were sent to me recently concerning the recent debates at Stormont and the House of Commons about the treatment of the Belfast Visteon/Ford plant employees. Though they are heading towards a settlement deal, it comes at a great cost, for there will be no jobs or pensions for anyone.
The two [...]

This afternoon I am off to New York, where aside from visiting long lost friends, I will be attending tomorrow’s Index 30 luncheon on Wall St, hosted by The Irish Echo. Mary Louise Mallick, Deputy Comptroller of NY State, whom I had the good fortune to meet in Belfast last May, will receive the [...]

Found this lovely image of the Visteon protest in north London with a NY Times article about the future of Britain’s economy.
The podcast from Monday’s Building Bridges Radio interview with Visteon-Ford workers is now available for download by clicking here. The interview is the first segment after the headlines, and is actually quite [...]

It was interesting to see the story on the BBC yesterday about the increase in vigilante justice in the north of Ireland. Now, I’m not surprised to hear that paramilitary-style attacks are on the rise, given the recent activities of dissident republican groups, but I am particularly interested in these types of reports because [...]

I ran into artist Danny Devenny (read this recent article about Devenny in the Financial Times) by the International Wall on the Falls Road in West Belfast today.  Danny and his friend Leah (a professor at UMass-Amherst) were updating some of the murals to reflect the ongoing attacks of Israel on the people of Gaza.  [...]

The following action alert was issued by the Pat Finucane Centre in remembrance of the anniversary of Peter McBride’s murder:
Peter Mc Bride Anniversary Action Alert-Lobby Barack Obama
Last year a supporter of the PFC in the US contacted Senator Barack Obama regarding the controversial Pentagon contract with LT Col Spicer, the former Scots Guards officer whose [...]

The following statement was just released by Relatives for Justice:
British paratrooper Lee Clegg was convicted of the 1990 murder of West Belfast teenager Karen Reilly, an incident that also claimed the life of Martin Peake and the wounding of a teenage girl -Markievitz Gorman - when a joint British army RUC patrol fired upon a [...]

The following is an article from Thursday’s Andersonstown News (Belfast), about our sponsorship.  It’s great to get local coverage of this, though as it turns out it looks like I will not be able to afford to go.  Nuts.  Though I bought a plane ticket…housing costs are unreasonable, to say the least.  Read on, anyway, [...]

The Boston Public Library at Copley Square is host to Relatives for Justice’s Remembering Quilt during the month of July.  I’ve seen sections of the quilt at their office in West Belfast, but have not yet had the opportunity to see the whole thing. I’m sure it is incredibly powerful.
For the quilt, relatives of victims [...]