City Hall and the Evolution of Belfast Politics  Paul Mullan

City Hall and the Evolution of Belfast Politics Paul Mullan

02 Sep, 2023

Wynn's Hotel, Dublin Saturday, 2nd September, 2023 Drawing on his Ph.D thesis, Dr. Mullan, Director...

25 Challenges for Unionism to Build a Better N. Ireland

25 Challenges for Unionism to Build a Better N. Ireland

03 Jun, 2023

A New Vision for Unionism? Wynn's Hotel, 27th Maym 2023 Speaker: Rev. Chris Hudson, Member N. Irelan...

Exploring Britishness and Irishness - a new look at identities in Ireland, North and South

Exploring Britishness and Irishness - a new look at identities in Ireland, North and South

28 Apr, 2023

Speakers Prof. Peter Shirlow, Institute of Irish Studies, Liverpool University; Prof. John Coakley, ...

Cultural Relations in the 2020s

Cultural Relations in the 2020s

01 Apr, 2023

Éimear O'Connor, Director,Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Liam Hannaway, Chair, N. Ireland Arts Council; Ji...

Colin Davidson’s  ‘Silent Voices’

Colin Davidson’s ‘Silent Voices’

13 Dec, 2022

The artist and portrait painter Colin Davidson spoke thoughtfully and very personally about his work...

Media’s role in mediating our ‘different psychic landscapes’ (by Allan LEONARD 18 October 2022)

Media’s role in mediating our ‘different psychic landscapes’ (by Allan LEONARD 18 October 2022)

07 Nov, 2022

A set of current and former journalists shared their experiences and thoughts on the role of media a...

New Voices Returns

New Voices Returns

22 Oct, 2022

the Irish Association brought back our New Voices strand when newly elected politicians from both No...

International Women’s Day 2022

International Women’s Day 2022

14 Mar, 2022

To mark International Women’s Day 2022 the Irish Association, in partnership with the Mary Ann McC...

The Crucially Unfinished Pieces of the Good Friday Agreement

The Crucially Unfinished Pieces of the Good Friday Agreement

15 Dec, 2021

On 14th December a small, socially distanced Christmas lunch which held was addressed by former rugb...

VACANCY: Archive / Heritage Consultant

VACANCY: Archive / Heritage Consultant

30 Nov, 2021

Applications are now invited for professional archival/heritage consultancy advice in order to prepa...

Stand Up, Speak Out

Stand Up, Speak Out

26 Nov, 2021

On Wed 24th November we organised the online book launch of Monica McWilliam's new memoir, published...

Opening Up Economic and Social Progress in the 1960s

Opening Up Economic and Social Progress in the 1960s

25 Nov, 2021

On Tues 23rd November a panel, chaired by David McCann from Slugger O'Toole discussed the North/Sout...

A Century of All-Island Relations: The Early Years

A Century of All-Island Relations: The Early Years

24 Sep, 2021

The seminar focused on the late 1930s when the Irish Association, whose origins lay in liberal union...

Reconciling Ireland - Book Launch

Reconciling Ireland - Book Launch

08 Sep, 2021

On 31st August 2021 the Association, in collaboration with the School of Law at QUB, hosted the onli...

Halting Climate Change: A Global Challenge – the Response on the Island of Ireland

Halting Climate Change: A Global Challenge – the Response on the Island of Ireland

03 Aug, 2021

John Fitzgerald, distinguished economist and former Chair of Ireland's Climate Change Advisory Board...

Summer 2021 newsletter

Summer 2021 newsletter

08 Jul, 2021

Summer 2021 newsletter to update you on the current and upcoming work of the Association.

Living With Diversty

Living With Diversty

24 Jun, 2021

On Wednesday 26th May the Association held another online event entitled Living with Diversity which...

St Patrick - A Shared Saint for a Shared Island

St Patrick - A Shared Saint for a Shared Island

18 Mar, 2021

In this special St.Patrick's Day event, Dr Johnston McMaster, one of President Higgins' appointments...

Journeying Beyond

Journeying Beyond

07 Mar, 2021

For International Women's Day the Association presented a curated conversation between two Belfast-b...

New Voices

New Voices

15 Feb, 2021

This conversation with some of the new and emerging elected voices from both jurisdictions examined ...

CCBS and the Irish Association Joint Webinar

CCBS and the Irish Association Joint Webinar

04 Jan, 2021

This webinar, held on December 3rd, reviewed the opportunities and threats to the development of cr...

Re-building Bridges - The Challenges of Remembering and Reconciling

Re-building Bridges - The Challenges of Remembering and Reconciling

02 Nov, 2020

In early 2019 the then Minister of Justice in Dublin, Charlie Flanagan stirred up a controversy over...