Sam McBratneyMay 3, 20213 min readSomething to celebrate?Today is a special birthday: the centenary of the birth of a new state - Northern Ireland. It was borne of political pragmatism and...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20215 min readA House Divided?‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ Despite the Biblical quote, this is actually a blogpost about the state of politics in...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 min readPolaritiesHow did we get here? How is it that a nation defined by its sense of fairplay and reasonableness is now locked in the zero-sum game of...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 min readStuck on BrexitThe public sphere is full of talk of Brexit - hard, soft, chaotic, in-name-only. Yet, among the clamour, the voices of the Churches are...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 min readfrom Good Friday to Holy Saturday in 20 yearsSt Patrick may have been able to drive out the snakes from the island of Ireland, but reconciliation between the traditions on the...