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He stated that Northern Ireland society needs to figure out how to allow people, especially victims and survivors, to “live, laugh, and love again” to see true healing. Although their recommendations were controversial at the time, they did empower people to take ownership of the peace process, which according to Elliott, is the only way to ensure that a peace process is successful.Īlan McBride ( WAVE Trauma Centre) weaved a tapestry of tragedy and hope through heartfelt storytelling, touching on his experiences. This began with her work for the Opshal Commission, which she described as “ the idea of people becoming participants in deciding their future” by sharing their stories and including widely marginalised groups of individuals like women and prisoners. © Kevin Cooper PhotolineĮlliott said that she works “on understanding where our problems come from” as a historian. Conference: Paving the Path to Peace: Civil Society and the Northern Ireland Peace Process. Tony GALLAGHER, Alan McBRIDE, Damian GORMAN, and Marianne ELLIOTT.
Marianne Elliott (professor emeritus, University of Liverpool) spoke first about the Opshal Commission’s work in the 1990s, which resulted in a book called A Citizen’s Inquiry and was instrumental to issues discussed and adopted by the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. © Kevin Cooper Photolineĭr Parr welcomed everyone and handed over to the chair Tony Gallagher (Queen’s University Belfast), who introduced the first panel, themed “Will I be Heard? Trauma, Healing, Stories”. Four panels were presented throughout the day, each with a unique theme to address and reflect upon the past 25 years in Northern Ireland since the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.
The event featured civil society actors in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and was supported by the Irish Government’s Reconciliation Fund in memory of May Blood (1938–2022).
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Civil society paving path to Northern Ireland peace: past, present, and futureĮvent organiser Dr Connal Parr hosted “Paving the Path to Peace: Civil Society and the Northern Ireland Peace Process”, a one-day conference with a panel-stacked day at The MAC in Belfast.
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