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May 25, 2019 | Foreign Policy
Paramilitaries Are Surging Again in Northern Ireland
And it’s not because of Brexit.
Country
Ireland
November 21, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Women Are Holding Northern Ireland Together—But How Long Can This Be Sustained?
Twenty years on from the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Irish women are holding their communities together—even as they’re faced with an ever-depleting lack of resources and government support.
October 19, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
A Portrait of The Troubles: Northern Ireland 20 Years on from the Good Friday Agreement
The legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles have left harsh memories and intergenerational trauma among its communities, often depicted by murals and the remaining interface areas.
September 18, 2018 | The Guardian
Before Bloody Sunday There Was Ballymurphy. Its Story Must Be Told
Callum Macrae discusses how his new film examines the search for justice over British soldiers’ killing of 10 unarmed people in Belfast, months before they shot dead 13 in Derry.
March 13, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Loughed Away: Brexit Raises Concerns About Environmental Protections
A glacial fjord situated between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland may create an international game of tug-a-war.
June 06, 2016 | Pulitzer Center
Is Ireland Still Rising After 100 Years?
This Easter, it seems all schoolchildren in Ireland were asked to write their own proclamation. Every town appears to be discovering the unique part it played in the Rising, or making one up.
June 06, 2016 | Pulitzer Center
Ireland 1984
As Constance Markievicz put it in an essay in 1909: "Patriotism and nationalism and all great things are made up of much that is obvious and much that in the beginning is small."
June 02, 2016 | Link TV, The Laura Flanders Show
Ireland's New Rising
A century after the 1916 Easter Rising, Ireland marks a defining moment in its history with an armed rebellion against imperial rule.
May 05, 2016 | The Nation
Ireland: 100 Years After the Rising
A new generation in Ireland comes of age.
April 19, 2016 | The Guardian
Shannon: A Tiny Irish Town Inspires China’s Economic Boom
Created in 1959 to lure foreign investors with tax breaks, the Shannon Free Zone proved revolutionary across the world.
March 11, 2016 | Huffington Post
Catholic Church in Ireland Caught Between Tradition and Modernity
As Ireland becomes more secular, the Catholic Church's word, once law, is vying for a sustainable place in the heart of the Emerald Isle.
March 09, 2016 | Huffington Post
What's Next for the Catholic Church in Ireland?
Ireland was once called, "the most Catholic country in the world." While that might not be true anymore due to a drastic decline in Mass attendance, Irish church leaders aren't giving up.
Northern Ireland on the Edge
Paramilitary activity is on the rise in Northern Ireland. But the causes go far deeper than Brexit.
The Good Friday Agreement 20 Years On: 'Women's Work'
Twenty years on from the Good Friday Agreement, women are once again holding Northern Irish society together through community and outreach programs, all while continuing to deal with lack of sufficient funding to prevent a backslide into the conflict and sectarianism of The Troubles.
The Ballymurphy Precedent
In The Ballymurphy Precedent, Collum Macrae probes the killings of 10 unarmed Catholics, including a priest and a mother of eight, in the West Belfast housing estate of Ballymurphy in August, 1971.
Ireland Still Rising After 100 Years?
It is being marked as the turning point for Irish freedom, but as they celebrate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising the Irish are far from free from the demands of global finance.
Ireland: The Most Catholic Country in the World?
What was once a land of the faithful is now a country seen as by many as celebrating modernization rather than the Messiah.
Ireland: Language and Cultural Identity
A small community of Irish citizens is now responsible for an entire nation's cultural revival.
June 17, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Laura Flanders
The first time she visited Northern Ireland, Laura Flanders, who grew up in London, was just 22 years old. Thirty years later, she returns to report on how the country may have changed.
June 06, 2016 | Meet the Journalist
Meet The Journalists: Claire Provost and Matt Kennard
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard discuss their six-month exploration of the transfer of territory around the globe from the state to corporations for the past six months.
June 14, 2019 | General news
Beyond Religion: Faith and Civil Society
Panelists discuss how religion can reinforce divisions between social groups in Israel, Northern Ireland, and Indian-Americans in the United States.
March 28, 2019 | Project news, Awards
Callum Macrae Nominated for 2019 BAFTA Award
Grantee Callum Macrae was nominated for an award at BAFTA's Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards for his reporting on the Ballymurphy massacre.
September 18, 2018 | General news, Project news
'The Ballymurphy Precedent' Generates Critical Acclaim
Callum Macrae's new film The Ballymurphy Precedent probes the killings of 10 unarmed Catholics in the West Belfast housing estate of Ballymurphy in August, 1971.
April 13, 2017 | General news, Awards
Student Fellow 2017 SPJ Regional Winners Move on to National Competition
Pulitzer Center Student Fellows are chosen as three regional winners and one finalist for the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.
June 08, 2016 | Education news
News Bites and Lesson Plan of the Week: The Future of Ireland
This week's news bite lesson explores the challenges facing Ireland in the face of the 100-year anniversary of Easter Rising, a rebellion that planted seeds for Ireland's ultimate division into the primarily Catholic Republic of Ireland in the south and primarily Protestant Northern Ireland, which remains part of the United Kingdom.
June 07, 2016 | Newsletter
This Week: Ireland Rising
Ireland's next generation continues the fight for sovereignty.
May 30, 2016 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2016 Student Fellows Announced
2016 fellows report on a range of complex issues from around the world—from global health and perceptions of identity to environmental degradation and innovation.
September 28, 2015 | General news
Five-day Hostile Environment Training for Freelance Journalists
The Pulitzer Center partners with Thompson Reuters to support hostile-environment training for up to 14 freelance journalists. Training takes place Nov. 22-27 in Belfast; application deadline Oct. 15.
June 01, 2015 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2015 Student Fellows Announced
Students journey across the globe to report on issues that matter—from migration to global health and indigenous land rights.
June 10, 2013 | General news, Project news
Richard Mosse: The Impossible Image
Richard Mosse's Infra series continued with The Enclave at this year's 55th Venice Bienniale.
April 29, 2013 | General news, Education news
Pulitzer Center 2013 Student Fellows Announced
Nearly two dozen Campus Consortium student fellows undertake reporting around the globe in 2013.
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
June 06, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Ireland 100 Years after Easter Rising
Students read an article, watch a film, and ultimately engage in a discussion comparing financial challenges facing Irish communities to financial challenges facing their own communities.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
September 12, 2015 | All Grades
Language and Nationalism
This lesson will help students apply knowledge of language to understand how it functions in different cultures and contexts.
September 12, 2015 | All Grades
Language Matters!
Various standards-aligned lessons to support student learning around the importance of language diversity.