After spending the last few days analysing various conflicts from around the 
world I thought it would be worth sharing the NI Peace Monitoring Report just published today from home. The report was written by Paul Nolan (with a contribution from my better half Dr. Orna Young) and independently funded and supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and published by the Community Relations Council. It makes for some sober reading and states that NI is still “a very divided society” 14 years after the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. A report to refocus the mind.
Practical Peace 
Even though it may have been deemed an inevitable outcome to the report it still doesn’t bode well for a successful long term peace solution to the growing tensions in Ireland….. One can only live in hope that it doesn’t return to violent conflict of years gone by and that a peacful solution can be made where communities actually work together for a united Ireland.
It’s an amazing piece of work – I used the 10 point summary with a group of American students last Friday just after it was published, and as Aaron said not very surprising. But some of the detail is fascinating. I couldn’t stop reading it and comparing the graphs and tables, my tea has gone cold and I should have gone home hours ago. Well done to Orna and everybody else involved.
Sean
Cheers Sean. Its a great report and Orna should indeed be very proud! She really appreciated your email.
Thanks Séan, it’s very much all Paul Nolan’s work, but delighted to have been involved. The response has been great!