Heather Wilson

In Defence of Lord Mayor of Belfast, Tina Black…

Heather Wilson on November 14, 2022, 10:49 am

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On Saturday past, the current Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Tina Black, was recorded for an interview with Press Association (PA). During the piece to camera, the PA journalist put the question to Councillor Black as to why Sinn Féin attended the Armistice commemoration at the Cenotaph, but not the service for Remembrance Sunday. I wish to state from the outset that I don’t share the politics of Sinn Féin nor do I agree with their stance on the matter …

Future Ireland / Protestants and Unity: Moving Beyond Tokenism to Deeper Engagement

Heather Wilson on November 17, 2018, 9:10 am

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“Want to write an article for Slugger about being a Protestant in an all-Ireland?” “Aye, no sweat.” What was at first a very easy ‘yes’ to what seemed a very simple question. But I sat down to write this article a few times and just had nothing to say. For the last few weeks I’ve struggled to come up with a single thought and couldn’t understand why. Then it hit me that the discourse I’d been engaging in, about ‘not …