This blog post by Adrienne Reilly[1] introduces in brief the complex area of symbolic reparation, namely memorialisation and memorial practice that she is currently investigating as part of her doctoral research. On March 29th 2021, a Panel of Experts[2] spoke at an online event organised by Amnesty International Northern Ireland on Learning the Lessons: Co-Designing…Continue reading Symbolic Reparation: Memorialisation and symbolic justice – Thoughts on the impending Mother and Baby Homes & Magdalen Laundries Inquiry in Northern Ireland Adrienne Reilly, part-time Doctoral student in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland
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Calls for Al Hutchinson to resign
In October 2000 the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI), with Dame Nuala O’Loan the first holder of the post. The Patten Report had considered the creation of such an office essential to achieving police accountability and a core element of ensuring a ‘new beginning’ in policing here. Since then it has been…Continue reading Calls for Al Hutchinson to resign