Dr Kevin Hargaden and Emmet Sheerin Kevin Hargaden is Director of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice and its Social Theologian. Emmet Sheerin is an Irish documentary maker, he traveled to the Middle East as a human rights observer where his work involved monitoring and reporting on violations of human rights and international law.… Read more »

Dr Ciara Murphy “Every war leaves our world worse than it was before. War is a failure of politics and of humanity, a shameful capitulation, a stinging defeat before the forces of evil.” Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti Pope Francis in Fratelli Tutti articulates the utter devastation which war leaves in its wake.1 As the Irish… Read more »

Deborah Burton and Dr Ho-Chih Lin Deborah Burton is one of the co-founders of Tipping Point North South, a non-profit set up by former debt, trade and tax justice campaigners to work across both the creative and NGO sectors through campaigns, events and cinema documentary production. She leads on Tipping Point North South’s primary policy/advocacy… Read more »

Martin Luther King famously said that “a riot is the language of the unheard.”1 The ordinary people of the North-East Inner-City were not involved in the riots; they are its victims. But their voices remain largely unheard. We hope that this issue of Working Notes helps raise the voices of the people of the North-East Inner- City and that the many brilliant initiatives they sustain become more famous than the tired stereotypes and caricatures that seem to dominate among our political leadership. My neighbours deserve that.

Lewis Byrne was born and raised in Ballybough and is a Community Worker with Dublin Community Co-Op.

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from
adversity, adapt to challenges, and recover
from setbacks. While Dublin City Council
workers cleaned up the streets after the
riots and restored the physical space, Home
Visitors were addressing the emotional and
mental trauma experienced by children and
families and supporting them to recover
from these awful events.

Adrianne works in ELI and has been a Parent-child plus Home Visitor for 16 years. Born in the NEIC and raising her own family here.

The popular idea of formal education and raising educational outcomes as a way out of disadvantage is not true.8 It is more challenging for disadvantaged children to engage in education and achieve curriculum outcomes compared to their better off peers. The hidden curriculum with its unwritten rules and expectations of the dominant culture, makes it more difficult for children from disadvantaged communities to thrive in school. Schools provide an advantage to those already advantaged by their cultural capital and established security as beneficiaries of the status quo.

Amy Cooney is a ELI Parent plus worker, born and raised in NEIC

Unaddressed social issues are the bedrock upon which extremist actors have been able to incite racism and
violence against migrants.