This was the third event in our exciting programme entitled 'A vision for the future of North-South co-operation? Strand 2 of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement- a generation on'. On 18 February at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin a symposium looked at health and the environment.
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The guest speaker was Dr Judith Gillespie, CBE.
This was the second event in our exciting programme entitled 'A vision for the future of North-South co-operation? Strand 2 of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement- a generation on'. On 25 Nov. at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin a symposium will look at the economic effects of Strand 2.
The guest speaker at this lunch was Professor Evelyn Collins. Evelyn is the former chief executive of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and current chair of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.
This seminar, organised by The Irish Association, brought together over ten distinguished speakers, including Bertie Ahern and Reg Empey, who addressed this topic, reviewing the North South Ministerial Council from a range of perspectives, including its establishment and its challenges; the views of those who have been directly involved over the...
Decade of Centenaries
The 'Decade of Centenaries' conference was organised by The Irish Association in the Ulster Reform Club, Belfast, on Thursday 23 November 2023.
Journalism without borders
A set of current and former journalists shared their experiences and thoughts on the role of media and social debate across the island of Ireland.
International Women’s Day 2022
To mark International Women's Day 2022, on 14 March, The Irish Association, in partnership with the Mary Ann McCracken Foundation, hosted a hybrid event Mary Ann McCracken & Mary Alice McNeill – Their Lives & Legacies the centrepiece of which was a talk on the two women by Ruth Taillon, Vice-President of The Irish Association.
On 14 December 2021, as the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have an impact on how people gathered, a small, socially-distanced Christmas lunch was organised and addressed by former rugby international Hugo MacNeill.
Stand Up, Speak Out
On Wed 24 November 2021 we organised the online book launch of Monica McWilliam's new memoir, published by Blackstaff Press, Stand Up, Speak Out. The book was launched by former TD and Minister of State Liz O'Donnell.








