- Location: Cardiff University Centre for Student Life, Room 2.06 - Sir Stanley Thomas OBE Lecture Theatre, Park Place Cardiff CF10 3BB
- The event is open to all GW4 university students and staff, as well as the general public
The Island of Ireland Contemporary History & Politics (IOI CHP) GW4 network and Cardiff University Politics/International Relations is hosting a panel discussion with Irish Republicans and academics on Irish Republicanism since 1969.
This panel with be discussing questions including:
- Why did the Irish Republican Army (IRA) commence an armed campaign in Northern Ireland in 1969?
- How did the IRA's political wing, Sinn Féin, emerge and how has it progressed?
- Why did most Irish Republicans support the Good Friday Agreement in 1998?
- Why did some Irish Republicans reject the Good Friday Agreement and continue armed activity?
- What are Irish Republicans' perspectives on the peace process and the prospect of Irish reunification?
On this panel will be: Irish Republicans Tommy McKearney (former Irish Republican prisoner, trade unionist and author), Danny Morrison (former Sinn Féin director of publicity, author and secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust), who both experienced the conflict. Academic expertise will be provided by Dr Marisa McGlinchey (Coventry University, author of award winning book Unfinished Business: The Politics of 'Dissident' Irish Republicanism), Dr Thomas Leahy (Cardiff University, author of award winning book The Intelligence War Against the IRA) and Robert Taylor (Cardiff University PhD candidate studying the IRA's bombing campaigns).
In the first hour, questions on “Irish Republicanism since 1969” will be discussed by the panel members. In the second hour, the audience will be able to ask questions to the panel members.
Please Note: This event will be filmed as part of a series of videos being produced by the IOICHP network and you may be included in this film. Please speak to a member of the organising team if you do not wish to be featured.
(The IOICHP network are producing a series of videos with guest speakers and academics about key themes on the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process. This panel discussion will be professionally filmed and uploaded after the event for use as a free resource for students, academics and the public. Filming will primarily be focused on the panel and not the audience. However, you may be included in the film during the event. This is likely only be the back of your head. During the Q&A session we are keen to film audience members who ask questions alongside the panel answering those questions.)
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