Mhither wother...Ireland

Too Good to Resist in Hot Press Magazine

Artists, filmmakers, writers, historians and other academics came together late last year to find answers to that question at The Future State of Ireland conference in Goldsmith Art College in London.

Some speakers at the event questioned the assumption that there is one unified, homogenous Ireland with a shared present or future.

“We’re not all in it together,” filmmaker Mary Jane O’Leary told the conference, adding that austerity policies are hitting some people – those with disabilities, single parents, the poor – far harder than others and will continue to do so.