A Conversation With

Delighted to welcome east Belfast native - Phil Kelly to the Shared Ireland podcast series - "A Conversation With...". An interesting mix of international politics - Cuba, Palestine, America. We also discuss Human Rights and activism as well as Phil's vision for a new Ireland

East Belfast native, Sarah Creighton is a lawyer, writer and political commentator from a protestant/unionist background. Sarah talks to Shared Ireland on topics such as the Protocol, the future of Unionism, prospects for Irish unity and more.

Prof Colin Harvey from the School of Law, Queens University, Belfast and Glenn Bradly share their thoughts on where now after Brexit, the Tory Govt, NI Protocol and their visions for the future here

Nigel Watson and Frazer McCammond join Shared Ireland just over 2 years from their first podcast with us. From a Protestant/Unionist background both men discuss the present state of affairs in N.Ireland, the important issue if there were to be a united Ireland and the present state of Unionism.

Belfast-native and member of the PUL community Joel Keys outlines his thoughts and views on his hopes for the future. Joel discusses the potential for Irish unification and how he would approach this should this come to pass.

Rev Karen Sethuraman is the first female Baptist Minister in Ireland and is currently a Pastor of SoulSpace, a Peace and Reconciliation hub, based in Belfast.

Her passion is peace and reconciliation/social justice and she is a champion of gender equality.

The Rev Karen is also one of the founders of Spectrum - a space set up in Belfast for LGBT+ people of faith. Karen feels particularly called to minister outside the Church walls, journeying with people who feel they ‘don’t fit’ in Church.

She has served as Chaplain to two Belfast Lord Mayors and in May 2021 joined the group Ireland's Future, a group established to promote discussion and debate about a new constitutional vision for our island.

Peter Canavan "Peter The Great" - former Gaelic footballer, manager and pundit. Peter played inter-county football for Tyrone, and is one of the most decorated players in the game's history. He represented Ireland in the International Rules Series on several occasions from 1998 until 2000. He was named in the Sunday Tribune's list of the 125 Most Influential People in GAA History.

Co.Armagh native and founder of Youth Voice Dermot Hamill shares his thoughts and ideas on Integrated Education, the missing youth voice in Politics, his hopes for the future and what it would take to create a new, shared Ireland

A voice from the PUL community "North Witch shares her outlook on life, growing up in a loyalist estate and her hopes for the future

Derry-native Susan McKay is a journalism, documentary filmmaker and author of the critically acclaimed book "Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People". In 2021 she followed up this book with "Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground".

From 2009 to 2012, Susan was CEO of the National Women's Council of Ireland