What is happening in Northern Ireland?

04/15/21 • 49 min

Last week saw nights of riots across Northern Ireland that hadn't been seen in a number of years. But what led up to these riots? Why is there such political unrest in Northern Ireland and what can be done to ease tensions?

In this episode, we sit down with freelance journalist, writer and broadcaster Amanda Ferguson to give us a insight at what is happening in Belfast at the moment and why it reached this point.

Keep up to date on Instagram and Twitter @thepollingpod and tune in every week for your dose of political chats from your favorite political gals.

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What is happening in Northern Ireland?

In this episode, we sit down with freelance journalist, writer and broadcaster Amanda Ferguson to give us a insight at what is happening in Belfast at the moment and why it reached this point.

Keep up to date on Instagram and Twitter @thepollingpod and tune in every week for your dose of political chats from your favorite political gals.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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