Catch up with Faculty staff in recent media. Providing knowledge and understanding through their writing, speaking, research, and expert comment.
Listings are in staff alphabetical order. Any School items appear at the end of the listings. Please click on the relevant link(s) in each section to access the media item.
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, has written an article on the recent violence in Belfast and the ‘legacy in Northern Ireland of people being burnt out of their houses or being forced from their homes as a result of sectarianism and communal hatred’ in The Conversation on 10 June 2026: Belfast violence: an uncomfortable reminder of the innocent people ‘burnt out’ during the Troubles.
- The article is republished under Creative Commons licence on the FAHSS website on 11 June 2026: Belfast violence: an uncomfortable reminder of the innocent people ‘burnt out’ during the Troubles - article by Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne.
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, and Bana Abu Zuluf, Maynooth University, have written an article stating that the ‘proposed expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank threatens Bedouin communities, any hope of a two-state solution and the credibility of international peace efforts’ in the Journal.ie on 09 June 2026: West Bank - Israel is advancing its E1 master plan, and that's bad news for Bedouin communities.
Professor Lorna Carson, School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, is referenced in this article about her research with Dr Aisling O’Boyle of QUB as part of an update to the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey, with questions on languages. Belfast Telegraph on 04 June 2026: Acceptance of Irish and Ulster-Scots is more widespread than politicians demonstrate, new research shows.
Dr Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, is referenced in these articles on the Irish Government’s proposed new savings scheme.
- Dr Roantree's analysis of the proposed new government savings scheme is referred to in this article in the Irish Times on 04 June 2026: Will I actually make money through Ireland’s new savings scheme for ‘squeezed middle’? (Subscriber content)
- This article refers to concerns raised about the Government's savings and investment plan by Dr Roantree at an Oireachtas finance committee. Irish Times on 08 June 2026: Simon Harris insists investment savings plan is aimed at ‘middle Ireland’. (Subscriber content)