Dealing with the Past: Commemoration and Victims Archives - Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS)

A pension for those seriously injured during the Troubles: Repairing the past

18th October 201713th January 2016 by Comms Office

Dr Luke Moffett (QUB) Victims who have been seriously injured during the Troubles/conflict in and around Northern Ireland have often been forgotten in redressing their daily suffering when dealing with the past. Many continue to live with debilitating injuries and chronic pain, facing financial insecurity and failing health as they enter old age. A pension … Read more

Northern Ireland’s 2016: Approaching the contested commemoration of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme

18th October 201713th January 2016 by Comms Office

Dr Marie Coleman and Dr Dominic Bryan (QUB) The centenaries of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme will be commemorated in Northern Ireland in 2016. These two events have important historical and political resonance with the nationalist and unionist communities respectively. The significance of such anniversaries is recognised in the Northern Ireland … Read more