Peadar, Author at The Canary

Peadar

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Produced newspaper and radio pieces on community and national media since 2011 on refugees, religion and politics in Ireland, Lebanon and Palestine. Made 4-part 28-minute radio documentary called, ‘Understanding Irish Muslims’.

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Until the UK faces up to its role in Ireland we are stuck in 1998

The 30-year war in the six counties of Ireland ended 20 years ago with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA). Since signing the GFA, government bodies have made attempts to build bridges between old foes and to establish responsibility for the deaths of so many. So far, their attempts have failed. And they’ll continue to...

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The DUP has just threatened Theresa May. The Irish border is ‘blood red’.

DUP leader Arlene Foster has just threatened Theresa May's Brexit plans. In an interview broadcast on 3 October on BBC Radio 4, Foster said a compromise on the Irish border crosses a "blood red" line for the DUP. Previously, Foster explained that a border on the Irish Sea, in any Brexit deal, is unacceptable to her party. Before her...

Theresa May’s DUP allies are under fire again. But they're still propping up her government.

Following his suspension from the House of Commons for dishonesty, DUP MP Ian Paisley has avoided an embarrassing by-election by just 444 votes. But there’s more trouble on the way. The Electoral Commission is investigating money paid to sponsor a table at an event Paisley hosted. Worse still, his party leader Arlene Foster has...

Discovery

Without proper controls digital companies will continue to exploit our data for profit

EU commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager is cracking down on technology giants. Her office is about to investigate Amazon and its relationship with its rivals. In June 2017, after a seven-year investigation, her office slapped a fine on Google, claiming it abused its monopoly. But it's not just 'markets' that need guarding...

LGBTQ+ campaigners may have convinced one member of the DUP but there’s still a long way to go

LGBTQ+ campaigners have achieved much following years of campaigning. Even a councillor from the DUP, a party opposed to gay marriage, recently voted against his colleagues to show support for gay pride. The police take part in gay pride marches, and religious attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community are changing. Yet significant...

Discovery

Liam Fox’s deal with Trump could damage human and animal health in the UK

The World Transformed (TWT) politics festival is imagining “the world we want to live in and planning how we get there”. As a result, it’s a programme filled with a series of talks on political education. A very timely talk came on the first day called Trading with Trump. Timely as the UK could be about to sign a potentially...

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Social unrest, security threats and government division. It’s just another Theresa May Brexit weekend

Interviews and leaked documents from security personnel highlight the potentially dangerous outcomes of Theresa May’s Brexit strategy. But so far the only response has been a tantrum from a former senior member of her cabinet. This latest news makes grim reading for the UK and shows May has little grasp on a credible Brexit...

The struggle to get one 'flawed' conviction reviewed shows the UK justice system isn't working properly

In 2012, Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton were convicted of the murder of PSNI Constable Stephen Carroll. Now in their 10th year in prison, they are known as the Craigavon Two. Campaigners claim the evidence used in their case is “flawed in many aspects”, and that their conviction is a miscarriage of justice. As the...

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An MP from Theresa May’s coalition owes us all an apology for the luxury holidays he took from a foreign government

Senior Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) member Ian Paisley has apologised to supporters and the UK parliament for his misconduct after failing to declare two luxury holidays - which the Sri Lankan government paid for - in 2013. But his apology needs to go much further. Because the Tamil people suffered serious human rights abuses at...

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The DUP leader gets called out for hypocrisy, but it's hardly the first time