Why Scotland and Ireland Went Different Ways

by John Haldane

In St. Andrews on Thursday, September 18, I voted in the Scottish referendum and the following morning flew to Ireland to give a lecture in the International Centre for Newman Studies at University College Dublin. The subject was Religion, Science and Philosophy, but it was hardly possible not to begin with a few remarks about the previous day’s “No” to Scottish Independence vote (55.3 percent). Whatever the significance for those in Scotland, and whatever the interest across the world, for many politicians and commentators in Ireland this was a surprise and a disappointment. Continue Reading »

26 Sep 2014

The Transformation of Belfast

by Sandra Czelusniak

The first word that comes to mind on visiting Belfast in 2008 is change. Continue Reading »

4 Jun 2008

Ireland’s Holy Wars: The Struggle for a Nation’s Soul

by David Quinn

In saying that Marcus Tanner’s Ireland’s Holy Wars is predictable I don’t want to give readers the impression that it is a bad book, because it is not. Its topic is five hundred years of religious strife in Ireland, from 1500 to the present. It is readable, well-researched, and has the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2002