A Conversation With

Kevin Meagher is associate editor of the political blog Labour Uncut and a former special adviser to Shaun Woodward, the most recent Labour Northern Ireland Secretary. He works as a political and communications consultant and has written for a range of publications including the New Statesman and The Independent. Most recently he has penned two books: "A united Ireland: why unification is inevitable and how it will come about" and "What A Bloody Awful Country: Northern Ireland's Century of Division."

A stellar line up of Pro-Union voices outline the benefits of staying in the Union. Panel guests: Prof Peter Shirlow, Ian Acheson, Julie Ann Corr-Johnston, Sarah Creighton and Rev David Latimer

Michelle O'Neill is Joint First Minister of Northern Ireland since 2020. She has served as Vice President of Sinn Féin since 2018 and has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Mid Ulster since 2007.

In the northern Executive, she previously served under deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness as Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2011 to 2016 and Minister of Health from 2016 to 2017

Emma DeSouza, Prof Colin Harvey, Emma Rainey, Niall Murphy representing Ireland's Future, Sean Nash representing Think32 and regular contributor to the Shared Ireland Blog Kieran Harrahill join Shared Ireland to outline their vision on the constitutional question , giving their opinions and arguments for Pro-Unity

Jim O'Callaghan is a Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency since the 2016 general election. He has a BCL degree from University College Dublin, a master's degree in law and an M.Phil. in criminology from Sidney Sussex College, at Cambridge University, and a barrister-at-law degree from the King's Inns. In addition, he played rugby at a senior level, representing UCD, Cambridge University, London Irish, Wanderers, Leinster and Connacht. He was also capped for Ireland at under-21 level.

Antrim native, Ian has served as the Member of Parliament for North Antrim since the 2010 general election. Previously he was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim from 1998 to 2010. Paisley is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and is the son of the DUP's founder Ian Paisley.

Cork native Tadhg Hickey is a comedian, actor, writer, director and musician.

He is creative director of critically acclaimed Irish sketch comedy troupe, CCCahoots. He wrote, directed and starred in the RTE sitcom, The School, and has written and starred in numerous prize winning short films including Uisce Beatha (Filmmakers’ Prize, DC Shorts festival, Washington). His first solo show, In One Eye, out the Other, was the most nominated production at Dublin Fringe Awards 2019

Declan McLaughlin is a folk singer songwriter from Derry, Ireland. Having risen to notoriety in former outfits 'The Screaming Bin Lids' and 'The Whole Tribe Sings', Declan has had an incredible career to date including extensive touring across North America, Europe and Australia with artists such as The Frames, Damien Dempsey, Christy Moore and Gary Óg.

Kieran Harrahill is a 3rd year PhD researcher with University College Dublin and Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority. He is 24 years old and is from Co. Tipperary. Kieran has a BA in Geography and Politics and International Relations and an MSc in Environmental Policy from UCD. His research on Just Transition in the coal industry has featured in a television interview on ABC Television in Australia and has been cited in a report by the Stockholm Environment Institute. The emphasis placed in his research on ensuring that a more participatory approach is taken in environmental policy is highly relevant to a number of policy areas, including the co-creation of a new, shared and united Ireland. His Twitter handle is @kharrahill_phd

Rights Campaigner, Vice-Chair & NI spokesperson for VotingRights.ie & Co.Derry native Emma DeSouza joins Shared Ireland to talk about her successful 3 year with the UK Govt regarding her right to be recognized solely as Irish under the Good Friday Agreement.