History Now: Connal Parr
Barry Sheppard talks to Connal Parr about his book Inventing the Myth: Political Passions and the Ulster Protestant Imagination.
History Now: Diarmaid Ferriter
Barry Sheppard welcomes historian Diarmaid Ferriter who discusses his two new books, On the Edge: Ireland’s Off-Shore Islands and The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics.
Alternative Justice
Twenty Years on – alternatives and restorative justice.
History Now: Episode 19 – Political Cartoons
Barry Sheppard welcomes guests Felix Larkin, Independent Scholar & Peter Gray, Professor of Modern Irish History, QUB to discuss political cartoons and Ireland.
Feminist Voices – Universal Credit
A discussion on the challenges presented by Universal Credit and welfare reform generally.
In Focus: Glastry Ice Cream Farm
Ciarán Ó Brolcháin visits the Glastry farm in the Ards Peninsula.
History Now: Episode 18
Barry Sheppard is joined by Dr Lynsey Black of Maynooth University and Dr Coleman Dennehy of the University of Limerick, to talk about the history of capital punishment in Ireland.
History Now: Episode 17
Barry Sheppard welcomes economist Conor McCabe and economic historian Graham Brownlow to discuss the history of the Irish Economy.
History Now: Episode 16 – The 1919 Engineering Strike
Barry Sheppard discusses the centenary of the 1919 Belfast engineering strike with Kevin Henry, author of Workers’ Power in Belfast: the story of the 1919 engineering strike, and trade unionist Susan Fitzgerald.
Feminist Voices
A discussion on the Gillen Review.